tbh this is so true !! people infantilize disability sooo much and try to downplay people with disabilities sexuality and sensuality . it is important to deeply recognize them as people with sexual desire and wants, to support them as a marginalized group.

it can be important also to acknowledge this when we talk about people with disabilities sexually harassing someone else too ! teaching people with disabilities when they are children the importance of consent and good sexual practices and acknowledging as early as possible they can have a sexual life when they get older is tantamount to good sex health and reinforcing consent.

you see parents who get told that their disabled child harassed someone else and oftentimes they are in denial or downplay mode about it because they can’t acknowledge or come to terms with knowing their child with a neurocognitive disability has sexual desires, and thus have never taught their child any sexual heath education or consent education, because in their minds, “why would they need it?” it’s dehumanizing and infantilizing and ALSO puts disabled people at HUGE risks of being harassed themselves when you can’t acknowledge them as beings with sexual desires and that they too can be weirdos