Saturday, 12 December, 2009
| Saturday, 12 December, 2009 | ||
| 2:00 pm | to | 3:00 pm |
A Radio Documentary about Disability and Sexuality
360 on ABC Radio National, Saturday December 12, 2 p.m.
Human beings thrive on touch, a cuddle, a back slap, a loving caress. Yet many disabled people are rarely touched in a loving way. John Blades is disabled but this hasn’t stopped him from exploring his own sexuality and being touched.
Join him on a journey through the uncharted waters of people with disabilities and sexuality. This radio documentary was made and devised by John, who has lived with multiple sclerosis for nearly 28 years. This subject has been avoided and ignored by society and the media.
As well as John’s story there are extensive interviews which he has done, with psychologist, Dr Gary Fulcher from the MS society NSW and Victoria, who is disabled himself. He gives a unique insight into the great importance of sexual expression for those with disabilities. Also, two sex workers working with people with disabilities as well as two disabled people who have used sex workers as an outlet for sexual expression.
Interviews and discussions are very open, honest and at times will be quite confronting listening. Spread throughout the program are fragments from John’s life with multiple sclerosis, despite having no movement below the shoulders John lives a very active life in music and the arts which we journey into through the course of the program.
It is filled with carefully chosen music, which is such a big part of John’s life.
Along with the radio documentary there will be extended interviews, lists of music used in the program and links to information about disability and sexuality on the HYPERLINK “http://www.abc.net.au/rn/360/” 360 website: abc.net.au/rn/360