Let's talk about sex. People in wheelchairs shatter common misperceptions about intimacy
The ‘Wheelie Peeps’ featured in CBC docuseries Push tell all about their intimate lives
Does it still work? Do you feel anything? People living with disabilities are asked a lot of questions about their intimate lives and want you to know that they have sex, just like the rest of us.
The Wheelie Peeps, a group of Edmonton friends featured in the docuseries Push gathered to talk about how they get down and dirty.
"Some of the most common misconceptions about sex is that we don't have it," says Natasha Urkow, a new mom who is also a quadriplegic. "A lot of people can and a lot of people can't. Don't make assumptions."
"Having conversations among people with disabilities to make it more comfortable to talk about intimacy is important," says Brittany Neunzig, host of a successful YouTube channel where she explores living with paralysis including fully-clothed sex position tutorials with her husband. "It's also important to have those conversations with people that don't have disabilities so that it normalizes what intimacy looks like."
"Sex as a wheelchair user is still amazing," says Wade Birke, "it's made my sex life better in a lot of ways."
For more, watch the video above.
Watch Push free now on CBC Gem.
