Gary Karp

Aging in Place - A Home for Your Lifetime

Universal design enables you to be comfortable in your home for the duration of your life. Find out how to incorporate accessible home practices into your current home, or one you're going to build.

The Aesthetics of Accessibility - Wheelchair Ramps Have Beauty and Design

Wheelchair ramps don't have to look like an afterthought, even when they're added to an existing home. Check out creative ways to make wheelchair access enhance your entryway.

Caregiving: Respect is Key

"The relationship between a person with a disability and their caregiver is a unique and powerful relationship. Learn how to keep mutual respect in an assistance relationship, and avoid damaging ""hierarchy"" relationships."

Preserving Intimacy: When a Partner Performs Your Personal Caregiving Needs

Keeping the romance in a relationship when one partner is a caregiver for the other can be a challenge. These tips show you how to minimize the impact of providing assistance to someone with a disability in your romantic relationship.

Adjustment in a Marriage with a Disability

People with new disabilities can keep sex intimate, fun and loving. Read how to start the process for a fulfilling love life.

My Body Looks So Different Now

Is a physical disability making you hesitant to trust someone else with seeing your body? Are you really so different? Wheelchair user and popular author Gary Karp responds.

The Art of Kissing

Time spent kissing can be some of the best minutes (or hours!) you spend bonding with your significant other. The author talks about not only the esoteric nature of the act, but gets specific about how to make your own kisses irresistible.

Why Would Anyone Have Sex With Me? Answers From Gary Karp

Feeling unlovable because of your disability? Discover the truth about sex and your body: it's what's in your head that counts.

Can I Be With an Able-Bodied Partner?

A reader with a disability asks if his friends are right to think that he should only be seeking another person with a disability to date, when he wants to be with an able-bodied partner. Our expert replies in a way that might surprise you.

Having "The Talk"

Sexual intimacy with a disability can be daunting when you have a new partner, or perhaps your first. Learn how to express your concern without losing your confidence.