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The Radical Redesign Continued

Following on from the second amputation I went through a period of physio to get me ready for and then proficient on my new legs. Having had lifelong problems with my gait this was never going to be easy but the physios worked me hard and I everything they through at me to ensure IContinue reading “The Radical Redesign Continued”

Disability and Attraction

I love seeing images of disabled people celebrating their bodies and enjoying them as physical, sexual things. Disabled bodies can be wonky, scarred, assortedly non-standard and let us down but they are ours and we deserve to be able to enjoy them when we can. This can be difficult in a world where bodies likeContinue reading “Disability and Attraction”

Can You Have Sex?

One of the surprisingly common questions visably disabled people get asked in public by complete strangers is whether we can have sex. This purient interest seems to be universal and I’ve been asked by men and women, young and old. It’s more common when out for an evening when people have had a few drinksContinue reading “Can You Have Sex?”

A Radical Redesign

I had some fairly significant news over the summer. Investigation into a small infection revealed a serious problem that resulted in losing my right leg below the knee in October. I lost my left leg below the knee in Deccember 1999 and over the years had become used to how I looked without it. OverContinue reading “A Radical Redesign”

The Cameras in my Life

We were never a particularly photographic family. We didn’t have albums and albums of family events and from my dad’s time at sea when he visited large swathes of the world. For a while I don’t think there was even a camera in the house. This changed in 1975. I had large surgery in earlyContinue reading “The Cameras in my Life”

Body Image

One of the things that often affects disabled people is body image issues. There are very few positive, sexy representations of disabled bodies in the media so most of us grow up seeing ourselves as ‘other’. Of course, I can only speak from my own perspective as a white cis disabled male, and I wouldContinue reading “Body Image”

About me

Hello! I’m Dave and my pronouns are he/him. This is a “not suitable for work” blog that will hold some of my photography and my thoughts, feelings and experiences around sex and sexuality. A bit of background. I’m 53 and I’m bisexual. I was born with Spina Bifida, a condition where the spine doesn’t properlyContinue reading “About me”