Sexual Activity
The mechanics of sex may be daunting, but a number of sex guides written by doctors and therapists with expertise in disability issues are in print. Sex guides depicting various sexual positions can be helpful for couples who need to address mobility impairments. Sexual activity beyond penetration and intercourse may be necessary. Sensitivity to touch can increase in someone with paralysis from a spinal injury, above the lesion location. Oral sex is an alternative where penetration is not possible or not wanted. Sex toys may be used as assistive devices as well, for example, using a vibrator if hand mobility is impaired.
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“The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. In our system, she must become a passive, much more than an active, influence, and her passivity shall be composed of anxious scientific curiosity and of absolute respect for the phenomenon which she wishes to observe. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.”
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