Welcome to a world of acceptance and love.
Outsiders welcomes people with physical and social disabilities to join our club, make new friends and, if they wish, find partners.
We also welcome health care professional who want to include guidance on sex and relationships in their care package, but feel alone and unsure on how to do so.
We run the Sex and Disability Helpline from 11am – 7pm weekdays on 0707 499 3527, email sexdis@Outsiders.org.uk . Calls are taken from both disabled people and health care professionals.
Whenever possible, Outsiders works together with other groups to campaign for the acceptance of disabled people as sexual partners.
Outsiders is now 31 years old and we have watched how society has changed. In the old days, although buildings were much more inaccessible and there were fewer disabled parking spaces. people were much more relaxed about accepting people who “looked different” as partners. Today, everyone seems to need a good-looking, fit, wealthy partner who has a job and home – almost to impress their parents and peers. The disabled parking spaces are often empty and disabled people often find they go home from the accessible nightclub on their own.
We are aware of the highly successful online dating websites and yet notice that disabled people find them frustrating and dangerous. Outsiders provides a safe and private haven for people who may be quite vulnerable, sometimes inexperienced and still going through a process of self-acceptance.
Lesley Child, one of our female members said, “Disabled people make the best partners because we have learned how to ask for things nicely, and have developed ingenuity in overcoming insurmountable problems.”
