A short reading shelf at the intersection of blindness, body knowledge, relationships, and sexual well-being. Each item names its creator and intended use. Outside books remain the work of their authors and publishers. A listing alone is not a BSAN endorsement; Dot Votes and community conversations are labeled separately.
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Blindness-first books
OUTSIDE BOOK · BLIND AUTHOR · ADULT MEMOIR
The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight
A blind journalist’s memoir about entering blind community and exploring blindness as culture, identity, and everyday life. It includes personal reflections on desire and relationships, but it is a memoir, not a sex education guide.
View formats at Penguin Random House.
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DEAFBLIND AUTHOR · OUTSIDE BOOK
Dear Blind Lady: Disability Advice You Didn’t Know You Needed
Adults, families, and allies · Paperback and ebook · Paid
A Deafblind author’s practical advice about dating, relationships, unwanted help, boundaries, and responding to ableism. Includes scripts for everyday conversations.
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OUTSIDE BOOK · BLINDNESS-SPECIFIC
Dating in the Digital Age
Blind adults · Braille, BRF, DAISY and Word downloads · Paid
A practical introduction to online dating for blind adults, including profiles, talking about blindness, meeting people and personal safety.
Platform instructions reflect an older edition; check current apps and websites.
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OUTSIDE BOOK · DEAFBLIND VOICE
Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism
Adults, families and providers · Print, ebook and audiobook · Paid
A DeafBlind author’s memoir and cultural criticism exploring ableism, identity and disability representation, including romance. A companion for thinking about autonomy and belonging, rather than a sex-education handbook.
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OUTSIDE BOOK · WRITTEN BY A BLIND AUTHOR
The Blind Girls’ Guide to Puberty
A practical, descriptive introduction to puberty, menstruation, and anatomy, written from the perspective of a young blind woman for blind and low-vision girls and their families. The SPEVI page links to both PDF and Word versions.
Download the booklet PDF. Visit SPEVI for the accessible Word version and source information.
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This is a focused puberty resource, not a complete sexuality curriculum.
OUTSIDE BOOK · ALREADY FEATURED BY BSAN
C Is for Consent
A starting point for conversations about everyday boundaries and choosing whether to hug or kiss. BSAN already features the book in Kids and Families and has one Dot Vote review.
OUTSIDE BOOK · BRAILLE EDITION
It’s Perfectly Normal, 2021 edition
Ages 10 and up, families and educators · Braille with four tactile illustrations · Paid
A straightforward book about changing bodies, puberty, reproduction, consent, masturbation, contraception, gender and LGBTQIA+ identities. This Braille edition includes tactile illustrations to support nonvisual learning.
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Cross-disability companions
OUTSIDE BOOK · DISABILITY-INCLUSIVE · ADULT DATING AND RELATIONSHIPS
Dateable: Swiping Right, Hooking Up, and Settling Down While Chronically Ill and Disabled
A practical, sex-positive guide to dating, dating apps, sex, breakups, and long-term relationships by disabled authors. It speaks across disability experiences and is not blindness-specific, so consider it a companion to blind-led resources.
View formats and publisher information at Hachette.
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CROSS-DISABILITY LIVED EXPERIENCE · OUTSIDE BOOK
Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
Adults, partners, therapists, and community members · Paperback, ebook, and audiobook · Paid
Disabled people’s first-person writing about intimacy, relationships, care, friendship, and access. Broadens intimacy beyond intercourse and romantic partnerships.
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OUTSIDE BOOK · CROSS-DISABILITY
The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability
Adults and partners · Paperback and ebook · Paid
An inclusive guide to communication, sexual self-image, pleasure and adapting sexual activities around different bodies and access needs. It includes visual impairment within its broader disability focus.
Published in 2007. Its communication and adaptation ideas can complement newer sexual-health information.
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OUTSIDE BOOK · PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE
Exploring Sexuality and Disability: A Guide for Human Service Professionals
Educators, therapists, researchers and service providers · Print and ebook · Paid
An intersectional collection for disability-affirming practice, covering sexuality education, therapy, LGBTQ+ experiences and other aspects of sexual autonomy. Includes “Blindness and Sexuality,” by Robin Mandell and Hillary K. Hecht.
The full book is separate from our existing chapter listing. Read BSAN’s review of the Blindness and Sexuality chapter.
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