Become a Patron!As a relationship counselor and clinical sexologist, I fully support Love Enabled for its powerful message and impact. This docuseries highlights the experiences of individuals with disabilities in the dating world, challenging stereotypes and promoting inclusivity. It emphasizes that people with disabilities deserve love, relationships, happiness, and sexual fulfillment (I added the last part). By showcasing the journeys of individuals like Liana and Stephanie, Love Enabled breaks down barriers and encourages viewers to challenge societal norms surrounding disability and relationships. It is a groundbreaking series that raises awareness and advocates for the rights of individuals with disabilities to experience fulfilling relationships.
Most people might not know that I was involved in creating and facilitating a series of virtual sexuality education workshops for parents of people with disabilities and for their children a few years ago in partnership with the Disabled People’s Association. The project was titled Disordinary Love and you can find the training videos we did put up on YouTube here. Also you can find Disordinary Love on Instagram here. You may wish to read more about it here.
What does dating look like for people with disabilities? For Liana, who lost her sight at 18, Stephanie, who was born with cerebral palsy, and Winston, who struggles with hearing loss, it isn’t easy. Follow them as they take the plunge into the unpredictable and exciting world of love and relationships.
2. Why I Won’t Date Another Person with Disabilities | Love Enabled Part 2/6
Should people with disabilities date each other? That’s what Stephanie, who has cerebral palsy, has thought about countless times. And the answer isn’t as straightforward as you might think.
3. An Awkward First Date? | Love Enabled Part 3/6
Stephanie finally goes on her first date. Will sparks fly or will this be the end of her romantic aspirations? Meanwhile, Liana and Alex tackle tough conversations as individuals with disabilities, while Winston and Siok Chin discover potential incompatibilities.
4. My Ex Left Me Because I Was Blind | Love Enabled Part 4/6
Liana gets set up on a blind date at a cat cafe – will she finally find the connection she’s been seeking? Meanwhile, Stephanie musters the courage to pop a question to her date, while Winston & Siok Chin come to a dilemma when they discuss their future together.
5. What Nine Years as an Inter-Abled Couple Taught Us About Love | Love Enabled 5/6
Winston and Siok Chin seek advice for their future married life together from interabled couple Dennis and Katherine, who have been through the harrowing experience of Dennis’ sudden visual impairment.
Meanwhile, Liana and Stephanie both step out of their comfort zones and come to terms with how their disabilities will not hold them back.
6. Does a Person With Disability Deserve a Happily Ever After? | Love Enabled 6/6
Stephanie finally musters the courage to ask Wai Sum out for a second date at Bird Paradise – will they be each other’s endgame?
Meanwhile, Winston continues with his plan to pull off a surprise stunt on stage for Siok Chin at USS, while Liana pens a heartfelt letter to her ex-boyfriend.
This is Love Enabled, a 6-part documentary series that follows people with disabilities in Singapore as they navigate the dating world!
Do check out my other blog posts around sexuality and disability here. People of all abilities deserve love.
About Dr. Martha Tara Lee
Dr. Martha Tara Lee has been a passionate advocate for positive sexuality since 2007. With a Doctorate in Human Sexuality and a Masters in Counseling, she launched Eros Coaching in 2009 to help individuals and couples lead self-actualised and pleasurable lives. Her expertise includes working with couples who have unconsummated marriage, individuals with sexual inhibitions and discrepancies in sexual desire, men with erection and ejaculation concerns, and members of the LGBTQIA+ and kink communities. Dr. Lee welcomes all sexual orientations and is available for online and face-to-face consultations. Martha speaks English and Mandarin.
She is the only certified sexuality educator by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) in the region (as of 2011) and is also an AASECT certified sexuality educator supervisor (as of 2018). She strives to provide fun, educational, and sex-positive events and is often cited in the media including Huffington Post, Newsweek, South China Morning Post, and more. She is the appointed Resident Sexologist for Singapore Cancer Society, Of Noah.sg, OfZoey.sg, and Virtus Fertility Centre. She is the host of radio show Eros Evolution for OMTimes Radio. In recognition of her work, she was named one of ‘Top 50 Inspiring Women under 40’ by Her World in July 2010, and one of ‘Top 100 Inspiring Women’ by CozyCot in March 2011. She is the author of Love, Sex and Everything In-Between (2013), Orgasmic Yoga: Masturbation, Meditation and Everything In-Between (2015), From Princess to Queen: Heartbreaks, Heartgasms and Everything In-Between (2017), and {Un}Inhihibited (2019).
You can read the testimonials she’s received over years here. For her full profile, click here. Email her here.
