Madeleine Stewart

When we think about disability and sex and dating, misconceptions are that we don't want to have sex.

Thank you so much for having me, Dee.

I'm so excited to be here and to talk about all things sexiness.

That intimacy loves us.

Oh, it was so fun.

I've never hosted a television show before, but I was so excited to host this episode and it was so wonderful to be invited to host as well.

It's really important to remember that disability is acquired.

And for a lot of people with disability, it is acquired.

You spoke about how 20% of Australians have disability.

Well, 80% of those people with disability acquire their disability.

So when people think about disability, often it's kind of like, oh, it's them, it's not us, or it's poor them, or it's very othering.

It's very, we're different.

We're not the same.

But like, I think we all need to get on board and understand that it's not that we're different.

It's that we're ahead of you in the timeline.

Like every single person will acquire a disability.

It's not a threat.

It's not like,

I'm going to come around and push you down the stairs or anything.

But I just mean like prepare yourself.