Canada goes bohemian for the disabled.
By Raif Karerat
WASHINGTON, DC: Toronto will play host to the first-ever orgy for the disabled, which is slated for an August date later this summer to coincide with the Parapan American Games being held in Ontario, Canada.
The “accessible orgy,” dubbed “Deliciously Disabled,” will also admit able-bodied people as well, and according to organizer Stella Palikarova, 35 — a disability awareness consultant who is in a wheelchair due to spinal muscular atrophy — it is a seminal moment for those with disabilities.
Palikarov came up with the idea for “Deliciously Disabled” when she was planning a paper she will be delivering for the Canadian Sociological Association. The paper, titled “Experiences of Dating and Sexuality among Heterosexual Females with Congenital Mobility Disabilities,” made her ponder what she called “bumping into barriers” for the disabled everywhere — “in homes, in offices, in stores, in the street … and in sex clubs,” she told the Toronto Sun.
She also said she was increasingly fed-up with people assuming there must be something wrong with her libido just because she is in a wheelchair.
“By making this party accessible, we are saying openly that people with disabilities are sexual beings… and not only in more conventional ways. This should not be shocking. It should be celebrated,” said Palikarova.
According to the International Business Times, she and marketer Fatima Mechtab secured a location for the orgy at the Bad Times Theatre, which will take place Aug. 14, while The New York Daily News reported there will be space for 125 people, 20 wheelchairs, and one interpreter who will be on-site to aid the deaf.