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Disabled: Dating And Sex In The Body You Have

Illustration of a dating profile with a woman in a wheelchair.
Charnel Hunter

Anita surprised herself with judgements she made about others with only a photo to go on during her years of online dating. Such bias and misconceptions are something folks with physical disabilities contend with every day on the apps...and IRL. | Follow Embodied on Twitter and Instagram @embodiedwunc.

Meet the guests:

  • , a performer and communication studies scholar, talks about living with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy and what non-disabled people can learn about consent and communication from the disabilities community.
  • a disabilities advocate and English doctoral student, shares stories about online dating as a wheelchair user and talks about how ableism shows up in romantic relationships.
  • , an attorney and communications specialist, talks about how her approach to online dating has evolved and the intersection of gender discrimination and disability discrimination.

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Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
Grant Holub-Moorman coordinates events and North Carolina outreach for ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾, including a monthly trivia night. He is a founding member of Embodied and a former producer for The State of Things.
Kaia Findlay is the lead producer of Embodied, ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s weekly podcast and radio show about sex, relationships and health. Kaia first joined the ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ team in 2020 as a producer for The State of Things.
Charlie Shelton-Ormond is a podcast producer for ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾.