NOTE: This Message was originally addressed to Tom Mckeever
      from Rmauro@delphi.com and was forwarded to you by Tom Mckeever
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Date:         Thu, 30 Mar 1995 07:19:19 -0500
From:         RMAURO@DELPHI.COM
Subject:      Re: polio & sexual dysfunction
To:           Multiple recipients of list POLIO 
No problems here, eventhough I use a respirator around the clock.  I'm
doing a survey on sex and disability.  I hope if u haven't filled out
the following survey you will.  Send it to me anonymously or via e-mail.
If u have already filled it out, do not do it a second time.
                      PEOPLENET DISABILITY SEX SURVEY
     I am trying to compile data on sexuality and persons with
disabilities for a possible future article and for my international
singles newsletter, PeopleNet, which is written by and for singles
with disabilities.  I am disabled and I've written two books on
disability, including FINDING LOVE AND INTIMACY.  I have a degree
in sociology.
     If you would like to take part in this research, just answer
the questions, and send the completed questionnaire to me
anonymously.  My address is Robert Mauro, c/o PeopleNet, POB 897,
Levittown, NY 11756-0911.
     Please make copies of this questionnaire and give the copies
to your disabled friends.
1.   Your age: ___
2.   Your sex:  M   F
3    Your sexual orientation:  Gay   Straight   Bisexual
4.   Your disability:
5.   At what age did you become disabled?
6.   How severe would you say your disability is:
     a) not severe  b) severe  c) very severe
7.   At what age did you first have a sexual relationship?
8.   Were you and your sex partner able to use birth control?  If
so, what form of birth control did you or your partner use -- and
if you or your partner used a condom or a diaphragm, did the person
using the condom or diaphragm insert the diaphragm or put the
condom on himself or did the diaphragm or condom user need help
putting it on or inserting it?  If help was needed, who helped and
how?
9.   What did you find was the most difficult element of your
sexual relationship?
10.  What was the easiest element of your sexual relationship?
11.  Were you ever married?  If so, for how long?  Was your spouse
disabled or nondisabled?  How  did this affect your marriage?  How
did your spouse's sexuality affect your marriage?
12.  Were you ever divorced?  If so, why?
13.  If you were never married, how did you or your partner's
sexuality affect your sexual  relationship?
14.  How and at what age did you learn about sex?
15.  Do you have to find special ways or positions to make love
because of your disability?  If so,  what ways or positions do you
use and why?
16.  How have your parents or personal care attendants affected
your ability to find the privacy you need for sex?
17.  Do you think your ability to learn about sex was made harder
for you because you were disabled?  If so, how and why was it made
harder for you?  And what did you do about it?
18.  How important is sex to you?
     a) very important  b) important  c) somewhat important  d)
not important
19.  How important is love to you?
     a) very important  b) important  c) somewhat important  d) not
important
20.  What do you think the difference is between love and sex in
a relationship?
21.  What is the biggest barrier to a sexual relationship for you?
22.  How many different sex partners have you had?
23.  In a month, how often do you prefer sex with intercourse with
a partner?
24.  In a month, how often do you prefer sex without intercourse
with a partner?
25.  In the last year, how many times have you actually engaged in
sex with intercourse with a partner?
26.  In the last year, how often have you actually engaged in sex
without intercourse with a partner?
27.  If you have no sex partner, how often do you self-pleasure
yourself?
28.  Is it difficult for you to self-pleasure yourself because of
your disability?  If so, how do you overcome this difficulty?
29.  What level of schooling do you have:
     a) elementary school  b) high school  c) college  d) grad
school
30.  Have you ever received special sex counseling to help you have
better sex despite your disability?  If so, from whom did you
receive this counseling?  If not, would you want this sort of
counseling  made available to persons with disabilities?  If yes,
when or at what age should such counseling start?
Finally, please feel free to give any comments you might have that
may or may not have been covered in this questionnaire:
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