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Physical intimacy is a human right – not an ‘Extra’

Bringing awareness of disability-specific sexual support needs of people with disability

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A supportive man assisting a woman in a wheelchair indoors, reflecting care and companionship.

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Discover Our Journey So Far

Touching Base is dedicated to empowering individuals to achieve the sexual supports they need and raising awareness of the issues they face .

We are a leading organisation empowering people living with disability to express themselves sexually.

Touching Base made a submission to the Department of Social Services on the NDIS final support lists.

Our submission highlights how the proposed blanket ban on funding sexual supports for people with disability goes against the core principles of the NDIS, which are to provide choice and control. We explain why sexual supports can be essential and not simply about gratification, but are also for education, therapy, and assistance with assistive technology. We call for guidelines to be co-designed to provide clear instruction on the range of disability specific sexual supports the NDIS will fund.

Follow this link to read the full submission

Group of diverse friends, including a person in a wheelchair, joyfully posing outdoors by the waterfront.

Case Studies

Explore our case studies raising awareness of the difference that accessing sexual supports can make for many people with disability.

Sue and Francis, a couple in their 50, both have cerebral palsy. They are sitting in their power wheelchairs turned towards each other and their hands are touching as they rest on a small table. They both look sad. Sue has red hair and is wearing purple pants and a matching leisure wear top. Francis has brown hair and is wearing an orange tee shirt and blue jeans.

Case Study # 1 Sue and Francis

This couple have support needs that can be only met by a sex worker

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It is nighttime and a middle aged man is sitting in his wheelchair, looking sad, outside a nightclub with steps to the entrance behind him as he looks out into the distance. There is a neon sign with the word Base above the entrance and there are some people walking up the steps towards two doormen. Their is a queue of other people on the footpath waiting to get in.

Case Study # 2 Ben

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