Alice Wong recently won a MacArthur genius grant. Her latest book, Disability Intimacy, is about more than sex
- Written by Amanda Tink, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Australia
“In the United States, we’re taught that nakedness is a very intimate and private thing. Yet, I have to show people my body every day to receive the assistance I need,” writes Ashley Volion, a wheelchair-using disability rights activist, in Disability Intimacy. “I have to be vulnerable in ways that other people...





