All information found on is presented purely for entertainment and educational purposes. Neither can screen the information nor endorse it.

When you use one of the following links or when you contact, telephone and especially when you meet someone new or someone from any personal ad, please use caution until you know well the person or persons you are calling or meeting. If you plan to meet on a first date, meet in a safe, public place where you'll be surrounded by other people -- and where you will not be alone. Do not ever meet anyone at your apartment, at their apartment or in a secluded or private place where you will be alone on a first date. Meet only where you will be surrounded by other people -- perhaps even take a friend with you -- until you know well the person you are dating. Moreover, never give anyone your name, address or phone number until you have met them face to face in a safe, public place -- and you've gotten to know them well. Be especially ware of men or women who seem perfect. If he or she is too good to be true, he or she might be out to exploit you. Do not let your desperation for love lead you into having sex with someone who may only want to use you. Be cautious! With time you'll have a better way of judging what your new friend is really like. Always use caution when meeting someone new for the first time and until you know who your new friend is. Insist on this. Furthermore, be wary of "sweet talk" and excessive flattery. Don't let anyone exploit you. Use your head and don't let anyone use you!

Some of the material contained on this home page is somewhat explicit. Some is about sex and sexuality. If this type of discussion upsets you or offends you, please do not read it. It is the right of the writers of and contributors to this home page to help all of us despite our disabilities enjoy a full and fulfilling life, both emotionally and sexually. To quote from the Woodward Report to the Fellows of Yale University commenting on freedom of expression as set forth by the First Amendment to the Constitution, we must preserve "the right to think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and challenge the unchallengeable."

Once again, on this home page we discuss sex; however, the first thing we must talk about is love and safe sex. Actually, the correct term is safer sex. No sex -- involving the exchange of bodily fluids -- is absolutely safe. If you cannot put on a condom, you will not be able to have safer sex -- unless both of you are positive neither of you is infected by a sexually transmitted disease -- including AIDS. There are tests for these diseases. You can call your local health department, hospital, or the 1-800-342-AIDS Hotline for information on testing. The Deaf Access number is 1-800-AIDS-TTY. They also have many free booklets. But if you are going to make love, use a latex condom, one with nonoxynol-9. Work the condom into your love making. Let your lover put it on you. Or put it on together, the woman helping her man. Finally, if you have any comments, ideas and hints for my home page, E-mail them to me at: [email protected].

Bob Mauro has met the love of his life -- Jenny -- thanks to the Internet, and he and Jenny are now engaged. We hope you find happiness too!

BOB'S BOOKS All about Finding Sex, Love & Intimacy If You're Disabled or Not

Send An Electronic Greeting Card To Your Sweetie
Send A Love Letter To Your Sweetie

Friendship Center PenPals

You can also try KISS.COM and MATCHMAKER.COM. These are not set up for singles with disabilities. But you can give them a try.

Although, I do not accept personal ads on my home page, you can still get personal by placing a personal ad in a number of places.

The Pen Pal Connection can be reached at www.penpals.com

Run by Jim Jakubek, ReachOut can be reached online at: www.reachoutmag.com.

DATING FOR THE DISABLED: click here

Here's a dating service started by a disabled woman by and for disabled persons and anyone interested in meeting disabled persons. You can find out about D.A.W.N. by checking out the D.A.W.N. Home Page or by sending E-mail to D.A.W.N.'s creator, Wendy Wolf.

You might also want to try the International Correspondence Club for Disabled and Abled. It's $9 a year. For information, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: ICCD, 533 Kains, Albany, CA 94706.

You might want to join DateAble. DateAble is run by the disabled for the disabled. You can E-MAIL DateAble from this home page for more information. You can check out their home page at: www.dateable.org. Or write to DateAble at: DateAble, DI, Suite 205, 35 Wisconsin Circle, Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Phone 301-656-8723.

If you are in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut area, or near that area, you can place a personal ad in Able Newspaper. For information on prices and an application, write to: Able Newspaper, c/o Personals, P.O. BOX 395, Old Bethpage, NY 11804.

If you're a lesbian with a disability and would like to join an Internet list for gay disabled women, send E-MAIL to [email protected]. In the message body of your E-mail put SUBSCRIBE LIVING then YOUR FULL NAME followed by your E-mail address.

Although not specifically for the disabled, GOLDEN THREADS is a quarterly newsletter for lesbians over 50 wanting to correspond with other lesbians. Their motto is "You're Never To Old To Love Or Be Loved". For information, write: GOLDEN THREADS, P.O. BOX 65, Richmond, VT 05476-0065. 802-848-7037.

I hope the above information helps you find your special someone!

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