Touching Base Inc is a charitable institution that has been active since October 2000. Touching Base developed out of the need to assist people with disability and sex workers to connect with each other, focusing on access, discrimination, human rights and legal issues and the attitudinal barriers that these two marginalised communities can face.

Information for people with disability or their carers on how to access the sex industry and the Touching Base Referral List is contained in the Clients section of this website.

Information for sex workers including training workshops, resources and information about disability is contained in the Sex Workers section of this website.

We also regulary offer training workshops tailored to Disability Service Providers. Please click here for more information.

This website contains some material of a sexual nature suitable for adults only. Currently, Touching Base does not receive any government funding.

January 2012
December 2011
July 2011

Touching Base has been concerned to see many local councils taking an overly-restrictive attitutude towards commercial sex services premises and home-based sex workers. These discriminatory attitudes often result in negative outcomes for sex workers and their clients with disability. Touching Base has resolved to take a stand by opposing the Marrickville Council’s draft Local Environment Plan (LEP) because it seeks to ban home-based sex workers right across the entire Marrickville area and restrict commercial sex services premises to industrial zones only. Our written submission to Marrickville Council on these matters are below in PDF or Word format.
» Submission in response to the Draft Marrickville Local Environmental Plan (MLEP) 2010 by Touching Base Inc (PDF 119kb)
» Submission in response to the Draft Marrickville Local Environmental Plan (MLEP) 2010 by Touching Base Inc (Word 424kb)