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Pleasure for All: Sex Toys and Resources for People with Disabilities

By M. Christian
January 28, 2017
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The future of sex tech is inclusive.

Pulse can be used hands-free for sexual stimulation.

It seems like a simple enough concept: that physical pleasure—sex if you will—is something that every consenting adult should be able to experience.

And yet for quite some time, developers have lagged in creating devices that are either inclusive for people with disabilities or designed particularly for them in mind.

Hands-free pleasure

Sex tech companies are beginning to recognize the need for products suitable for people with various physical abilities.

For example, Pulse by Hot Octopuss is a male sex toy, which is largely hands-free, designed to help men with different forms of erectile dysfunction (ED), including some caused by spinal cord injuries.

Vibration based, the device was designed by Adam Lewis and Julia Margo, extrapolated from similar Danish tech already used for the treatment of ED. For people familiar with the previous Penile Vibration System, Pulse may be another toy of interest to add to your collection.

People with disabilities have also stepped up and begun to circulate information on accessible sex toys, some of which may not have been created at first with a wide range of users in mind. But a few can, with or without some modifications, be suitable for many people with limited use of their hands.

An example is the Autoblow 2, a “Robotic Oral Sex Simulator For Men” launched on Kickstarter that is“partially hands-free.” After launching the crowdfunding campaign, creator Brian Sloan began receiving grateful emails from veterans, people with multiple sclerosis, and others who have trouble using their hands for masturbation—even though it appears he didn’t initially consider these groups as potential buyers.

Another hands-free device is the cheerily named Humpus [NSFW]. What separates it from others is that it is his-and-hers tech: the same base component that can be configured—how to put this—for penetration or insertion by swapping out attachments. Again, the Humpus has not been marketed for those with disabilities, but it has been noted by people with disabilities as a pleasurable toy with great flexibility.

Sex-positive support societies also offer resources on how to have a fulfilling sex life, countering negative stereotypes that people with disabilities are not sexual. An excellent example is the free online guide “PleasuAble: Sexual Device Manual for Persons with Disabilities,” released by the Disabilities Health Research Network in 2009. It includes disability-focused information on everything from fertility to sexual self-image and lists several sex toys and aids

Spinal Cord Injury BC also features a resource page with information on how to enjoy sex after a spinal cord damage.

Unique forms of virtual reality

It’s important to note that for people with sensory disabilities, the recent boom in virtual reality could also add new dimensions to their sex lives.

True, for someone who is vision impaired, VR might not have much of an appeal. But soon we’ll have more advanced forms of haptic feedback integrated into it, allowing users—even if they can’t see the video— to have interesting solo sexual experiences by touch alone.

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Similarly, for people with impaired hearing, special skin contacts could be used to give the sensation of “feeling” sounds—or add yet another type of sexual sensation to virtual reality.

Even augmented reality (AR), which overlays images onto the user’s vision, could be made to be helpful to vision impaired folks by adding descriptive audio to physical locations. Using AR glasses, a sightless person could receive audio, or using the already-mentioned skin contacts, physical sensations of what is occurring around them. Sexually, this type of AR system could even be keyed to a nearby person’s body language, giving the wearer erotic information, such as sexual interest, without needing to see it.

For those with physical disabilities, 3D printing will also offer a tremendous range of possibilities. Prototypes of bio-printed body parts already exist, and in the near future, perfectly tailored inanimate prostheses could offer comfort as well as unique sexual options.

We are seeing a bit of this now, with designer prostheses becoming available for amputees. As stylish and beautiful as works of fine art, they give the wearer remarkable mobility and dexterity options. This will get even better with the refinement of neuroprosthetics, allowing replacement limbs to function just like flesh-and-blood body parts, sensing of touch and everything.

Visibility and acknowledgment

That’s all for the future. But in the here and now, many have been vocal, and rightfully so, that sex tech developers need to seriously step up in both designing devices for people with a large range of abilities and recognize this untapped market.

It is heartening, though, that some innovative sex tech developers are listening. Everyone has a right to pleasure, who wants it.

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M. Christian

M.Christian (they/them) loves nothing better than exploring the intersections of sex and technology—and speculating on the future of both. A highly regarded erotica writer they have six novels,12 collections, 100+ short stories, and 25 anthologies as an editor to their name. Their non-fiction regularly appears in many sites, but they're most proud of being a regular contributor to Future of Sex.

Of their erotic fiction, Tristan Taormino said that “M.Christian is a literary stylist of the highest caliber: smart, funny, frightening, sexy—there's nothing [they] can't write about… and brilliantly.”

Reflecting their unique ability to sympathetically and convincingly write for a range of genders and sexual orientations, their stories have appeared in multiple editions of Best American Erotica, Best Gay Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, The Mammoth Books of Erotica, and others. Their collection of gay erotic fiction, Dirty Words, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.

While a majority of their stories have been collected into books like Dirty Words, their fondness for combining sex and science fiction is clearly evident in collections that include Rude Mechanicals, Technorotica, Better Than The Real Thing, Skin Effect Effect, Bachelor Machine, and Hard Drive: The Best Sci-Fi Erotica of M.Christian.

As a novelist, M.Christian’s versatility is on full display with Running Dry, The Very Bloody Marys, Brushes, Painted Doll; and the somewhat controversial queer BDSM/horror/thrillers Finger's Breadth, and Me2.

M.Christian has worked on the industry’s production side as an Associate Publisher for Renaissance E Books and as a Publisher for Digital Parchment Services. The latter dedicated to celebrating the works of science-fiction legends such as William Rotsler, Jerome Bixby, Jody Scott, Arthur Byron Cover, Ernest Hogan, and James Van Hise.

Covering topics like BDSM safety, sexual education, senior sexuality concerns, queer and gender issues, plus reviewing a variety of sex tech products, M.Christian’s non-fiction has appeared on sites like Kinkly, Tickle.Life, Sexpert, Queer Majority, Sex for Every Body, and—of course—their ongoing work for Future of Sex.

If there’s anything M.Christian enjoys more than writing, it’s teaching. A featured presenter, sometimes with their friend Ralph Greco Jr, at national sex and BDSM events, they have lectured on kink play (with an emphasis on safety), polyamory, boosting sexual creativity, and erotica writing--for beginners or those wanting to go pro.

M.Christian is a cohost on two popular sex-education podcasts: Love’s Outer Limits with Dr. Amy Marsh and Licking Non-Vanilla with Ralph Greco, Jr.

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