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Community feedback about Blindness and Sexuality.
A chapter by Robin Mandell and Hillary K. Hecht
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The upper half is purple, with white title text, the subtitle “A Guide for Human Service Professionals,” and editor Shanna Katz Kattari’s name. Below, layered curved bands and round shapes in blue, orange, pink, cream, and purple form abstract face profiles. A white Routledge logo sits at the upper right.
Blindness and Sexuality rating
BSAN Review, written by Laura Millar, co-founder of BSAN
I highly recommend this chapter for sexuality educators, health professionals, disability-service providers, and students preparing for those roles. It also offers blind readers useful language for explaining what respectful, accessible education and care should look like.
What I value most is how the authors connect research with blind people’s lived experiences. They address relationships, pleasure, LGBTQ+ identities, sexuality education, and health care while keeping our privacy, autonomy, and choices central. They take seriously the everyday interactions that affect whether we feel respected, including intrusive questions and assumptions about our relationships.
The reflection activities are a particular strength. They ask professionals to examine their assumptions and consider what they need to change in their own practice. That makes this chapter useful for training and discussion.
Six dots from me because it is both blind-positive and sex-positive, with practical guidance that people can apply. Blind people’s experiences shape the chapter’s understanding of sexuality and the recommendations it makes.
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