Notably, disability scholars Maureen Milligan and Aldred Neufeldt claim that asexuality among the disabled is largely a myth, and a self-defeating, self-perpetuating one at that. “Physical and mental impairments may significantly alter functioning, but do not eliminate basic drives or the desire for love, affection, and intimacy,” they write.39 Milligan and Neufeldt argue that while people with disabilities might have fewer opportunities to have sex, that doesn’t mean the desire itself is absent. The problem isn’t the amount of desire, it’s what other people think about their amount of desire
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