We set up Spokz People in 2009, after we discovered that many people with disabilities would prefer to speak to a therapist with disability knowledge and experience.
All our therapists have personal experience with disability in some way. They are all qualified to HE level 5 and are members of BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy), meaning that we all follow their ethical framework. Our therapists are also fully insured and supervised and have undergone full DBS checks.
We are also a Social Enterprise, a Community Interest Company, and a founding member of Kandu, a network of ethical disability organisations, as well as the non-profit arm of Spokz, a provider of wheelchairs, sports accessories and lifestyle equipment.
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October 15-19 build your confidence around dating, sex and disability at this online conference! More info to follow...check it out below....
loveabilities.org
The Love Abilities festival will change the belief that people with disabilities have no desire for love, sex, and intimacy. Everyone deserves pleasurable and fulfilled lives. This festival will empow...Recommended watching...Alex Brooker delves a bit deeper into his relationship and journey with disability over his life... he's honest and vulnerable and shows some raw emotions...great that he was able to do this publicly on TV...we need more disabled people with public profiles doing this. Thank you Alex! 😀
Alex Brooker: ‘I’m the most comfortable I’ve ever been with my disability’
www.bbc.co.uk
The Last Leg host on fatherhood, identity and being competitive9 October we're participating in an online conference on relationships, sex and disability. Aimed at therapists and other professionals. For anyone who's interested find out more here: www.sarb.org.uk/study-sessions
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Study Sessions — Sex & Relationships Brighton
www.sarb.org.uk
Owing to the current situation with COVID-19 we have taken the decision to run our events online. Our conference Exploring Sex and Disability will now run on Friday 9th October.I'm aware that for many of us, coming out of lockdown is a new level of anxiety and those around you just don't get it. Perhaps they seem blasé about the risks, or downplay your worries.
Valid worries if we look at the negative guidelines from NICE on disabled people receiving critical care in hospitals and the suspension of the Care Act.
When human minds find something too hard to reflect on or deal with, our mind has a way of denying the risks, even blocking them from awareness (dissociation) and distancing ourselves from the issue. Disability is uncomfortable for many and to cope with this, we create distance...this distancing is what is often at the root of guidelines, assessments and criteria on disabled people by medical and government bodies.
Most likely those around you are downplaying the risks because sitting with illness, disability and any frailty of the human body is hard, hard for us all, but perhaps harder for those who believe it won't happen to them (disability and covid)
We want to encourage you today by saying your worries are real, valid, OK and normal! Try and find someone who is not in denial that you can share your worries with. Online support is helpful too. The power of this shared understanding about being treated differently and ignored cannot be underestimated.
Unable to access or before therapy right now? This FREE App 'In Love While Parenting' by the non profit organisation Human Improvement Project is a really helpful short course with simple ideas, videos and quizzes on how to improve relationships and bonding with those around you. Even if you're single or don't have kids the suggestions and ideas are useful to all.