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 I…
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 like…
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 drinks…
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. Over…
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 early…
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 would…
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 properly…
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