For many soldiers returning from the war in Iraq, injuries and disabilities were a grim reality of the violence of the fighting overseas, and while many received prosthetic limbs and other treatments, the government did not prepare them for resuming a normal sexual life after batter.

Asides from people with sick fetishes that seek out disabled people specifically for the ability to feel physically superior, there are many Americans living healthy sex lives coinciding with a physical disability. What is interesting, is what these people's experiences about sex can show us about our own ability to engage in sexual interaction with our full capacities.

A 45 year old man who contracted a debilitating form of herpes from unprotected sex, has successfully convinced a British Columbian court of appeals that his ailment should be covered by the national health insurance. His case is very severe, as he has become paralyzed from the waist down, and the suit will undoubtedly raise the cost of insurance for the state.

I know it's wrong to laugh at other people's disabilities, but when you hear that someone is actually making audio recordings of what amounts to play-by-play commentary of actual porn videos for the benefit of the blind, it's almost impossible to stifle a chuckle or two.

A company called Health Click is pushing the development of a new CD for families of mentally retarded children who are currently provided with little in the way of educating their children about the role of sex in their lives.

For many people, the issue of prostitution is simply a matter of ethics, but for many disabled people, it is a means to something they are otherwise discriminated from in society- but does it make it alright?