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The Right to Sexual Relationships

Spring 2020 Disability RAPP: The Intersection of Disability and Sexuality The Right to Sexual Relationships By Stephanie Patrick, Executive Director of Disability Rights Center – New Hampshire Graphic of scales of justice with a heart on one side and the male/female symbols on the other. In a world where we classify, sort, separate, and stigmatize, […]

Knowledge is Power: Teaching Sexual Self-Advocacy

Spring 2020 Disability RAPP: The Intersection of Disability and Sexuality Knowledge is Power: Teaching Sexual Self-Advocacy By Katherine McLaughlin, M.Ed. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Crime Victimization Survey, Special Tabulation, and the National Public Radio series, Abused and Betrayed, people with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) are seven times more likely to be sexual abused […]

The Marriage Paradigm: Finding Love. Losing Eligibility.

Spring 2020 Disability RAPP: The Intersection of Disability and Sexuality The Marriage Paradigm: Finding Love. Losing Eligibility. By Stephanie Patrick, Executive Director of Disability Rights Center – New Hampshire Over the past decade, marriage equality has become part of the common vernacular. Marriage is a choice for people of all races, genders, and sexual orientations. […]

Friendship Survey

Spring 2020 Disability RAPP: The Intersection of Disability and Sexuality Friendship Survey Are friendships important to you? What are the opportunities for, and barriers to,  meaningful relationships? Take this 15-minute survey and tell us what you think!  Are friendships important to you? Take this survey! The University of New Hampshire and Boston University Wheelock College […]

Finding Love with Common Ground

Spring 2020 Disability RAPP: The Intersection of Disability and Sexuality Finding Love with Common Ground By Vanessa Blais, Project Manager with the NH Council on Developmental Disabilities Happily married! Jim Piet and Pat Vincent-Piet on their wedding day. Two Perspectives. One Future. Jim Piet and his wife, Pat Vincent-Piet, had very different experiences growing up […]