Would you go out with a Disabled person?

[marshlander]

... My point is that all would-be disabled boyfriends must go through a period of being disabled POSSIBLE love interest, is that where some of the difficulty is?

I think Fred has nailed it for me. The worlds of the disabled and the more able-bodied are often segregated. People with a disability may find themselves thrown into the company of the more able if they are able to work or attend a regular school, but I would guess there are few more-able people who choose to spend time with those significantly less able unless the company is enforced through, say, an accident of family or through choosing to work in the caring professions.

I suppose there are cases of professional carers who learn to love their clients, but that brings me back to a point I made elsewhere; namely, is it realistic for such a relationship to be equal? Co-dependence can be very unhealthy. Despite these thoughts I see no reason why such a relationship should not be possible ... it is just less likely, I suppose and will in reality depend on the less able candidate being able and prepared to move in the world of the more able.