{{Short description|Supporting adults with disabilities in the whole spectrum of their sexuality}} '''Sexual assistance''' is support for disabled people so that they can have sexual access to their own body and sexual experiences.<ref name="calvo abc">{{cite news |last1=Calvo |first1=Elena |title=¿Qué son los asistentes sexuales para personas con discapacidad? |url=https://www.abc.es/sociedad/abci-asistentes-sexuales-para-personas-discapacidad-202002150141_noticia.html |work=ABC |date=15 February 2020 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=11 May 2021 |title=Asistencia sexual, la gran desconocida |magazine=Muy Interesante |url=https://www.muyinteresante.es/salud/22747.html |language=es |access-date=18 February 2023 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214141907/https://www.muyinteresante.es/salud/22747.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some people with physical disabilities may not have the dexterity, mobility, or other freedom of movement to engage in sexual activities, including masturbation, without physical assistance from another party.<ref>{{Cite news |date= 28 April 2017|title= A charity providing sex services for disabled people|work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-39724523}}</ref> The support provided may range from assistance with preparation, which may include self-grooming; accessing and using sex aids or sexual services; and physical assistance with bodily movement and positioning.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bahner |first1=Julia |title=Sexual citizenship and disability: Understanding sexual support in policy, practice and theory |date=2020 |publisher=Routledge |location=Abingdon, England |isbn=978-1-138-59423-4 |chapter=Setting the Scene: Disabled sexual experience in context}}</ref>
==Ethics and criticism == {{see also|Abolitionism (prostitution)}} Advocates of sexual assistance believe this practice allows people with disabilities to exercise their sexual rights on the same basis as non-disabled individuals do, thereby placing sexual assistance services into the same category as any other form of social assistance. Opposing positions consider that it is a form of prostitution which, in their view, is sexual exploitation, and should be <!--NOTE: Please don't link "abolish" (alone) by piping it to 'abolished', as that is not an intuitive link per MOS:EGG. [NOTE ends]-->abolished.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Rafael de Asís Roig |title=Is Sexual Assistance a Right? |journal=The Age of Human Rights Journal |date=13 June 2019 |issue=12 |pages=133–147 |doi=10.17561/tahrj.n12.7 |s2cid=198694998 |issn=2340-9592 |url=https://e-archivo.uc3m.es/bitstream/handle/10016/35740/asis_TAOHRJ_2019.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ballesteros |first1=Esther |title=La asistencia sexual a personas con discapacidad: entre el tabú y la sombra de la prostitución |url=https://www.eldiario.es/illes-balears/sociedad/asistencia-sexual-personas-discapacidad-tabu-sombra-prostitucion_1_9007302.html |work=elDiario.es |date=20 August 2022 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=¿Qué es un asistente sexual para personas con discapacidad y como está regulado? |date=13 February 2023 |agency=Europa Press (news agency) |work=EPsocial |language=es |url=https://www.europapress.es/epsocial/igualdad/noticia-asistente-sexual-personas-discapacidad-regulado-20230213185406.html}}</ref>
== See also == * Attraction to disability * Personal care assistant * Sexual surrogate * Sex therapy
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