A brief history of the important events in the disability and HIV movements.

People with disabilities (PWDs) are often excluded from HIV and AIDS education and care initiatives, partly due to the widespread perception that they are asexual. In reality they are just as sexually active as their non-disabled peers. At the same time, however, they are also often at much higher risk of sexual abuse from caregivers, partners and strangers who may see them as defenceless. Even where such abuse is reported, law enforcement officers and others in positions of authority tend to take it lightly.

Read the full article in  Exchange Magazine's Disability Issue.

A guide to the articles, reports, publications, newsletters and books that we consider the most comprehensive, informative and interesting resources available, both for experts and for newcomers to the issue of disability and AIDS. 

 “I would say that the most pervasive stereotype encountered by women with disabilities is a denial of our sexuality: that idea that because we are disabled, we do not or should not express our sexuality." Myroslava Tataryn, our advisor on disability and AIDS, spoke at the AWID forum on how this prejudiced notion increases disabled women's vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, and decreases their access to reproductive and sexual health care.