Talking About Sex and Relationships: The Views of Young People with Learning Disabilities<\/strong> The best example I’ve seen of accessible research. The study was designed to meet the accessibility needs of young people (ages 16 to 25 years old) with learning disabilities. The researchers used unusual research methods – acting out fictional scenarios about sex and relationships – which helped participants communicate thoughts and ideas they had trouble communicating. This report is written in plain language – simple, clear wording and an easy-to-follow layout – and includes a summary written in even plainer language and pictures. Though parents and teachers of young people with learning disabilities were interviewed for this study, the report prioritizes the data gathered from young people themselves. This is such an important study both for how it was done and what the researchers learned. Important concerns the participants brought up included:<\/p>\n Click here for more on this exciting research.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Disability After Dark<\/strong> A podcast on all things sex and disability – from porn to consent laws, from negotiating threesomes to navigating attendant care – self-titled “queer cripple” Andrew Gurza tackles all the tricky issues. As of November 2017, there are sixty episodes. You can listen to and download them here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The too hard basket: A Radio Documentary.<\/strong> A journalist with physical disabilities explores the importance of human touch. He shares his own experience of disability and sexual\/intimate loneliness, and speaks with other people who have physical disabilities, and to sex workers about the work they’ve done with disabled people. Listen to this hour-long radio documentary<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Dementia and Sexuality<\/strong> A person’s sexuality is with them for their entire<\/b> life. It might change, dramatically, but it doesn’t go away with age or illness. Watch this nursing researcher talk about the issues that come up with sexuality and dementia. Note: This video doesn’t appear to have subtitles, or a transcript, which would usually disqualify it from the Ready, Sexy, Able resources. Because this topic is so important, and isn’t talked about often enough, I’ve chosen to include this video for people who are able to access audio information. \n