Disability Intimacy

Essays on Love, Care, and Desire

By: Alice Wong - editor

Narrated by: Full Cast

The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms.

What is intimacy? More than sex, more than romantic love, the pieces in this stunning and illuminating new anthology offer broader and more inclusive definitions of what it can mean to be intimate with another person. Explorations of caregiving, community, access, and friendship offer us alternative ways of thinking about the connections we form with others—a vital reimagining in an era when forced physical distance is at times a necessary norm.

But don't worry: there's still sex to consider—and the numerous ways sexual liberation intersects with disability justice. Plunge between these pages and you'll also find disabled sexual discovery, disabled love stories, and disabled joy. These twenty-five stunning original pieces—plus other modern classics on the subject, all carefully curated by acclaimed activist Alice Wong—include essays, poetry, drama, and erotica: a full spectrum of the dreams, fantasies, and deeply personal realities of a wide range of beautiful bodies and minds. Disability Intimacy will free your thinking, invigorate your spirit, and delight your desires.

Critic reviews

"[A] witty, vulnerable, and insightful collection that highlights a diverse roster of disabled writers. . . . This anthology is not only a joy to read but also a welcome introduction to innovative, intensely liberating approaches that are sure to change the way readers feel about traditional notions of intimacy. A poignant anthology about ability and intimacy that espouses a gorgeously original worldview."
—Kirkus Reviews

Awesome

Thank you for enlightening me about the disabled community. I feel much more knowledgeable!
You taught me things I didn’t know.

Phenomenal Alice Wong

Following the death of Alice Wong, I discovered I had read Disability Visibility but not her follow up Disability Intimacy. I listened to this book with relish, learning a broad range of experiences with intimacy, even beyond the definition of physical sex. Here a collection of people with disabilities define it in their own terms. This book is an expansive review of a spectrum of disabilities. Alice Wong did a phenomenal job bringing them together and editing this book. She will be surely missed.

Great mix of perspectives

Loved the wide variety of perspectives and voices in this collection. As a disabled person, I could relate with many of them—and I learned a lot too!

Absolutely loved this book!

I really enjoyed how each story was so different yet similar. I especially appreciated hearing from queer disabled folks.

The most diverse and intersectional anthology

I loved the diversity and intersection of disability, queerness, BIPOC, and neurodivergence. I learned so many new things I hadn’t considered or didn’t know existed. This book is important for dismantling ableism.