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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Disability advocates offer connection through touch at tactile workshop

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Free to use São Paulo, SP, Brazil Group of People Standing Inside Room | Matheus Bertelli

Free to use São Paulo, SP, Brazil Group of People Standing Inside Room | Matheus Bertelli

Barlow said for people with an intellectual disability, physical contact often occurred only in professional contexts such when they were being bathed by a support worker and that, by necessity, was extremely limited. "You need within your life somebody else who is your friend, a neighbor, or somebody else in your life who can give you that hug, or give you that touch." 

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