Romance and Disabilities

The issue of romance and people with disabilities is very difficult to address. I found an article on-line which addresses this issue. It explains how teenagers with intellectual disabilites feel about their social development and the struggles they face. A great piece from the article shows how teenagers cope with their situation: "Kaufman adds that, "every teenager thinks no one is ever going to want to be in a relationship with them. Every teenager goes through the stage: No one is ever going to love me. I’m undesirable. I’m not perfect enough. But when a disabled teen has those feelings, they tend to focus in on, ’because of my disability.’"