Then your opinion should be rather strong
There should be such benefits WTF a whole life with no sex
What a cruel and inhumane government policy
Your clientèle are the lucky ones as they got money, even though they have to break the law
A lot of these handicapped live in poverty as they have no capabilities to earn income
My neighbor is legally blind and in a wheelchair and she has no money to join Variety Village which is a gym for the disabled
I suppose massages are covered, which may be the only close human contact they ever get outside of their Parents if they have not abandoned them
I like to think some nice RMT will stretch the rules and give a penis massage
Wow, this post goes to show the "well meaning" often are the most misguided. To address the original issue no there is not such coverage extended to the disabled. As noted by some, it IS covered in Holland. They live up to the idea that sexuailty is part of health and extends to all. In this country we profess the same but don't aid in achieving it.
Now as for the rest of your post. Firstly, your neighbor does not represent everyone with a disability. Also a life with a disability does not ALWAYS equal a life without sex. While it is true that many see a wheelchair and assume there is a lack of function, this is not always the case. I also think that stereotype is perpetuated by what we see on T.V. ect. Rarely are the images of disability we see, sexualized or even desireable. In the minds of many sadly sex and disability are still mutually exclusive. The more the old images or ideas of what "disabled" is or means shifts, the more people's thinking will too. I come up against this all the time. It is frustrating and hurtful to know a whole part of you is being discounted or overlooked. It feels as though you aren't seen as a sensual, capable being. I have spent my life being the "good looking guy in the wheelchair." I've never put much stock into it because the words are never tied to intent. Women say it as though they are the first to notice and it'll somehow brighten my life. It's never "You're hot, I want you!" its more like...."Hey you know, you're really good looking hun way to go!" Always sounds like they expected me to be some drooling mass of flesh. Invariably though if they consider going further they tend to over think the disability and panic. "What if it's weird, what If he needs help, what if I hurt him, what if he sleeps in an iron lung?" Believe I'm baffled by the things otherwise rational people think. Anyway my point is they build up the unknown into something it simply isn't and doing so...they disengage out of fear. The ironic bit is, if I express anger or frustration at this I'm suddenly "the bitter disgruntled cripple" even if I'm in the right.
I remember when I was younger and was first noticed by an able bodied girl. I was happy because I really thought, it was a step. If I'm getting noticed at 16, surely by 20 the chair won't even matter anymore and I'll be taken on my merits. Sadly I encounter the same now as I did then. This part of why I started using services. I still really struggle with it. In a way I feel I've surrendered and done the thing people expect someone in my position would do. That old idea of "What else is he going to do/get?" In a way I feel I'm contributing to that thinking. Still, at a certain point I knew I had to do something.
As I've touched upon in my other posts for me this isn't a "hobby" It's not about getting off, or positions, and full menu's. Sure I enjoy the act but any SP that's been here would tell you there was a lot more to it for me. I have to also say, it was particularly frustrating and perplexing to see I faced some of the same judgement I found in public when calling agencies ect. I'm still puzzled at times with the logic here. Seeing a guy who wants to fuck you every which way after partying is ok but....a guy in a chair is out of your comfort zone? When I hear this from an agency I know exactly what I'm up against. Either the lady is stricken by what she THINKS she'll encounter, or she's previously seen a client who did not take as good care of himself as I do, and so it was bad and coloured her opinion of the rest. I for one am just a normal guy who simply can't walk. There's no railings on my bed, no tubes in me, no loss of sensation. I moisturize and expholiate, I used to model. I can't tie my shoes but figured out a way to shave my balls. Whatever you expect or imagine, I'm not it.
As far as your point about poverty, alot of factors contribute to that. Yes sadly many disabled people exsist at or below the poverty line. The government is fully aware of this. This is why their talk of empowering and engaging the potential of the disabled rings hollow with me. There is a misguided belief that we get tons an tons of money. The reality is, the support many of us are on provides an exsistance not a life. In cases like mine, if I take a job I actually stand to loose more than I'd gain. I do not have the experience to put me in a higher pay bracket. My schooling was interrupted by sugeries ect so I've yet to finish the degee that might net me enough to cover all my needs. Yet if I stay on the system my chair repairs are covered, and my rent subsidized. See, you can't take a job just for the sake of work, you always have to think.....will I be able to cover everything?
I know I got off topic slightly but as you may imagine its a multi facted issue. Also I figure, the more you know....