Resources

The links below are provided to help you explore your intimacy goals, and are fully credited to their original owners and organisations. We hope you find them useful, and if you know of other resources that could help others on their journey, we would love to hear from you.

Intimacy after a spinal cord injury or paralysis

Sexuality following spinal cord injury, Agency for Clinical Innovation

A NSW Health clinical guideline covering the psychosocial and physical aspects of sexuality after spinal cord injury. Written for clinicians, it is a useful reference for allied health professionals, nurses and case managers who want a clear, evidence-based grounding before having these conversations with clients.

Opens a PDF download, around 440 KB.

Sexuality after SCI

A free video series created by Mount Sinai Hospital, featuring real people with spinal cord injury and their partners talking openly about sex, love and intimacy. Topics include debunking myths, erections, fertility, dating, facilitated sex, adaptive devices and positioning with partners. Helpful for people with SCI and their partners, as well as clinicians looking for consumer-friendly material to share.

The publisher notes this series is intended for mature audiences. Some content is explicit.

Sexual Positions for Women with Paralysis, Dr Mitchell Tepper

A short video from sexuality educator Dr Mitchell Tepper, featuring a woman with a T9 complete spinal cord injury and her partner demonstrating positions they find comfortable. A practical, down to earth resource for women with paralysis and their partners exploring what might work for their bodies.

Sexuality, relationships and disability more broadly

SECCA

An Australian, Western Australia based organisation offering education, counselling and consultancy on sexuality, relationships and sexual health for people with disability. Their services and resources are relevant for people with spinal cord injury as well as a broader range of disabilities, and for the professionals who support them.

All About Sex, Family Planning NSW

A series of free, easy read fact sheets from Family Planning NSW, covering bodies, relationships, sex, contraception and sexual health. Originally developed for people with intellectual disability, they are written in plain language that can also be a useful starting point for anyone wanting clear, straightforward information.

Each fact sheet is a separate PDF or Word download. Family Planning NSW note that the series contains explicit language and illustrations, included deliberately for teaching purposes.

Courses and training

These are run by other organisations, not by us. Some are free and some are paid, and current pricing is on their own pages. We have no commercial arrangement with any of them.

Sexual Assistive Technology, SECCA

Education on sexual assistive technology, covering what it is, why it matters, and the key things to weigh up when supporting someone to access it. Aimed at health professionals, parents, carers, support workers and anyone supporting a person with disability. Available as an online webinar with 30 days of access and a participant checklist, or as a three-hour in-person workshop at SECCA's West Perth offices.

Paid. Booking and pricing are on SECCA's own page.

Education and Training, Care Rehab

An Australian rehabilitation provider running education across sexuality and disability, including sexuality and disability workshops held in Forster and Tamworth, a sexual assistive technology workshop, and group supervision for allied health professionals. They also run peer support programs for people living with traumatic brain injury and with cauda equina syndrome, and a social program for people with acquired disability.

A mix of free and paid programs. Details and current pricing are on their own page.

These are other people's resources, not ours. We link to them because we think they are useful, we are not affiliated with any of them, and we do not control what is on them.