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Sex on Wheels

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The way you approach sex, dating, relationships, and intimacy with a spinal cord injury may be different from before your injury. Explore this resource section to heighten your sexual creativity, knowledge, and enjoyment.

Discover comprehensive information on sexual anatomy and fertility post-injury, encompassing changes and available options. Explore topics focusing on fertility and pregnancy for women, along with resources to manage health during pregnancy. For men, access resources offering assistance with erectile dysfunction, medications, and strategies to enhance fertility and sexual vitality.

Explore additional resources focusing on intimacy after spinal cord injury, covering topics such as body image, techniques for feeling sexy and attractive, as well as tips on dating and establishing meaningful relationships.

Sex on Wheels
Watch Gary Karp, an internationally recognized public speaker and author, talk about the impact of traumatic change on sexuality and intimate activity. Karp has been living, fully, with a T12 spinal cord injury since 1973 when he was injured in a fall from a tree at the age of eighteen.  This excerpt of his 2008 Abilities Expo speech, “Sex on Wheels—The Possibilities”. Follow this link to watch the excerpt, via the Christopher & Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center.
 
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