Disability and Sexuality with Gary Karp

The challenges presented by disability and it's relationship with sexuality are seldom explored and just as rarely known to those who have not had to confront them. Gary Karp will come to Sonoma State to share the obstacles to intimacy that he has encountered while living with disability and the story of the methods he has discovered enabling him to overcome them. Having been a wheelchair user since 1973, He draws from his personal experiences through which he has learned to cope with the obstacles and used them to discover new connections to intimacy that everyone can enjoy. Karp puts disability into a historical context and delves into the sensitive questions surrounding sexuality and intimacy faced with such daunting obstacles.

• Category

  • Education

• License

  • Standard YouTube License