Uncovering Disabled Desire: Chronic Pain, Disability, and Disabled Sexuality

Available online starting October 20. You will receive a link to sign into the online platform a couple days before workshop access begins.

Disabled people and people living with chronic pain are often excluded from conversations about sex and sexuality—in healthcare, education, research, and even within social movements.

This workshop invites participants to explore how ableism and structural stigma shape experiences of disability and sexuality. Focusing on physical and invisible disabilities, Jenise draws on clinical and research expertise to share current evidence, case examples, and reflection activities that encourage sexual health providers to reimagine erotic possibility for disabled bodies.

Topics include:

• The concept of disabled sexuality and why it matters

• How chronic pain and disability affect sexual function, pleasure, identity, and intimacy

• The absence of pleasure in clinical and educational discourses

• Sexual citizenship, sexual assistance, and care-based models of intimacy

• Practical strategies for health care providers

Developed by Jenise Finlay (she/her), PhD Candidate, MN, BScN, RN

*This workshop will be running unfacilitated, however if you have questions or need any support please reach out to erica.aspsh@gmail.com.