ABSTRACT
This chapter reports on an in-class workshop focused on the sexuality of people with disabilities facilitated by a student advocate with a physical disability. It provides readers with a perspective on previous research studies focused on the topic of interpersonal communication and disabilities. The chapter describes how an interdisciplinary workshop on sexuality and disability was planned, what content was included and how specifically it was presented to students in an interpersonal communication course. It presents reactions of the student advocate to the workshop experience. The chapter discusses the implications of workshops as a potential pedagogical approach in interpersonal communication courses in order to integrate disability. The intersection of interpersonal communication and disabilities has been discussed in the context of finding practical strategies to improve communication between able-bodied people and people with disabilities. The chapter briefly discusses the implications of workshops as a potential pedagogical approach in interpersonal communication courses in order to integrate disability.
