Sexual healer

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Why should people with a disability miss out on intimacy? They shouldn’t – which is why sex worker Rachel Wotton is not only meeting this often overlooked need, but campaigning for an honest discussion between carers and the sex services sector.

Before you had sex for the first time, who did you talk to about it? Your friends, probably. Your sister, maybe. Your parents… highly unlikely. Even light-hearted banter with mum on the, er, ins and outs of intimate relations is enough to make many of us squirm with embarrassment – even as adults. But for people with disability, broaching this incredibly delicate subject with a parent, then asking that parent to find a sex worker for them, might be the only option for enjoying a sex life. On a regular basis, sex worker Rachel Wotton will receive a phone call from someone booking her to be intimate with their adult child. The high-profile Sydney sex worker tells NEXT that “about half” of her clients have a disability.

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