Madeleine Stewart

And they're just on call if you need support.

You know, there have been stories of this before the NDIS, friends, neighbours.

family.

I'm sorry, but if you want to hook up with your boyfriend, you kind of don't want your mum and dad in the room helping you unclasp your bra.

Like, come on, this is what we're talking about.

And I think if people understood this context and understood how the money was actually used...

Yeah, this is, this can be common.

I've heard this before, a few people with disability getting little crushes on their support workers.

I would like to say that this isn't, this isn't something that happens all the time.

I'm not saying every disabled person wants to shag this, you know.

a support worker, and that's not what we're saying.

We're just saying that sometimes it can be a confusing emotional state.

I think to explore your sexuality is a really important part of being human, whether you're doing it yourself or whether you're doing it with others or whether you're doing it with a lovely, fun device.

It's really important to have that expression, and when you're denied that expression,

And not only sexual expression, but touch, physical touch.

Often people with disability, depending on what it is, are touched only by doctors and by medical practitioners.

No hugs, no intimacy like that.

And it can become a bit confusing because your brain and your body is a very complex environment.

you know, big computer really.

And so then when someone's touching you and you're deprived of physical contact, of course, sometimes your brain's going to be like, oh, is this something different?