Body Acceptance: Self-Respect, Body Image, and Sexual Confidence
Body acceptance means respecting and living with one’s body without requiring it to meet ideal standards of appearance, ability, age, or sexual performance.
Body acceptance means respecting and living with one’s body without requiring it to meet ideal standards of appearance, ability, age, or sexual performance.
Body image is how a person perceives, thinks, and feels about their body, including appearance, physical characteristics, abilities, changes, and sexual confidence.
Embodiment is the lived experience of the body, including sensation, movement, body image, sexuality, identity, pleasure, discomfort, and bodily awareness.
Sexual self-image is how a person perceives and feels about themselves sexually, including attractiveness, confidence, body image, desires, abilities, and sexual expression.
A neurodivergent relationship involves one or more neurodivergent partners and may include distinctive communication, sensory, emotional, and intimacy needs.
Communication accommodation adjusts how information is shared so people with different communication needs can understand, respond, and participate in decisions.
Mobility impairment and intimacy explores how limited movement can affect positioning, comfort, sexual activity, relationships, accessibility, and sexual well-being.
Spinal cord injury and sexuality explores how SCI can affect arousal, sensation, fertility, sexual function, relationships, adaptation, and sexual well-being.
Sexual rehabilitation counseling helps people adapt to changes in sexual function, intimacy, body image, relationships, and confidence after illness, disability, or treatment.
Disability-inclusive healthcare provides accessible, respectful, equitable care while supporting communication, consent, privacy, autonomy, and sexual and reproductive health.