Welcome to A Wheelie Good Sex Chat, a podcast aiming to open up conversations about disability and sexuality. Join our host Candice Care-Unger, psychosexual therapist and specialist social worker, and have frank conversations about sexuality, disability, fertility, pleasure, dating and everything in between.
This podcast is brought to you by Care Rehab, and recorded on Darug land (Season 1) and Worimi land (Season 2).
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Candice chats with sexologist Jodie Rodgers about her 30-year journey in disability and sexuality education, including her work on Love on the Spectrum. They discuss the evolution of accessible sex education, the complexities of client referrals, the crucial role of support workers, and the importance of open conversations around consent and communication for people with disabilities, all while advocating for fundamental human rights.
Candice chats with Nick Dempsey , a disability advocate, speaker, and content creator whose life took a turn after a diving accident on his 21st birthday left him with a spinal cord injury. Nick talks about life with a disability, dating, sexuality, and the ups and downs of finding independence again. Life after injury doesn’t mean stopping, it just means doing things differently. These days, Nick’s adding marriage celebrant and model to his list of roles, while lending his voice to spinal resea...
Candice chats with Rhiannon Tracey, a motivational speaker, life coach, model and wellness advocate who rebuilt her life after a spinal injury at 20. In 2012, Rhiannon founded The Next Step Recovery & Wellness Centre , a not-for-profit rehabilitation facility in Melbourne that offers a tailored, holistic recovery model for people with spinal cord injuries and other neurological conditions, and has since become a voice for resilience and inclusion. Check out Rhiannon on Instagram @rhiannontr...
Candice chats with Saran Chamberlain, a stroke survivor and passionate advocate, about life after stroke, and why sexuality and intimacy need to be part of the rehabilitation conversation.
Candice chats with Robert Duff-Silsby about innovation in sex tech and what it really takes to make sexual wellness products more accessible for people with disability. Robert’s journey from construction to designing inclusive products that support sexual health for people with disability is as unexpected as it is inspiring. His insights into collaborative, user-centred design offer lots to think about for anyone interested or working in health, design, and assistive technology....
Luke shares his journey of navigating life after sustaining a traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury at a young age and the profound impact these injuries have had on his emotional range, sexuality, and relationships. Luke reflects on his struggles with alcohol dependency, the awakening he experienced at 30, and his desire for deeper connections. Please note that this episode includes discussion of alcohol abuse, self harm and suicide. If these topics are distressing for you, please take ...
Candice sits down with psychosexual therapist Bridie Allan to explore what psychosexual therapy really involves beyond the misconceptions - what it is, what it isn’t, and why it matters. Check out Bridie's latest research article: Allan, B., Tilley, P. M., & Hendriks, J. (2025). Sexual content in Australian crisis telehealth. Clinical eHealth, 8 , 103–116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceh.2025.03.003...
Candice is joined by Lynton Haggett for a rich and reflective discussion on navigating life, love and disability with openness and purpose. Lynton shares his lived experience of navigating life with a spinal condition, from family dynamics and adaptive equipment to ethical non-monogamy and online dating. They explore how language, communication, and connection shape our sense of self and intimacy. Find Lynton on YouTube: @BeingLynton...
In this mini episode, psychosexual therapist Michelle Donald speaks candidly about the experience of menopause after spinal cord injury. Michelle Donald is an Accredited Psychosexual Therapist and a senior member of the College Of Sex and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) in the UK. Her expertise is in the areas of sexual issues related to spinal cord injury and the strains on a relationship that SCI may bring with it. Her long-term aim is focused on the development of a comprehensive sexual edu...
Psychosexual therapist Michelle Donald joins Candice Care-Unger to open Season 2 with a rich and honest conversation about intimacy, identity, and sexuality after spinal cord injury. Michelle Donald is an Accredited Psychosexual Therapist and a senior member of the College Of Sex and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) in the UK. Her expertise is in the areas of sexual issues related to spinal cord injury and the strains on a relationship that SCI may bring with it. Her long-term aim is focused on t...
Season 2 of A Wheelie Good Sex Chat continues the conversation at the intersection of disability and sexuality. Host Candice Care-Unger returns with a new line-up of guests to explore topics shaped by community feedback and lived experience. Expect honest, informed discussions on sexuality, pleasure, relationships, and identity, centred on the voices that matter most.
In this episode, we talk with Mel Harrison. Mel Harrison is a person with a disability who uses a wheelchair and wears hearing aids. Mel is the Founder of Sitting Low, Reaching High , a consultant in disability, diversity, and inclusion, and a long-time advocate for people with disabilities. We discuss the work Mel does in providing sexuality education and helping foster safe and respectful relationships, empowering people to explore dating, and creating environments for people to find connectio...
In this episode, we chat with Jennie Williams, Founder and CEO of Enhance the UK , about ways in which support workers and support teams can facilitate sexual wellbeing. Enhance the UK is a user-led charity aiming to educate people of all ages about disability, as well as assist those with a disability in playing a full and active role in society.
In this episode, we explore with Jess Pellow what happens when you have an injury as a young kid and acquire a disability coming through the rehabilitation paediatric services. Jess shares the ways that her injury changed opportunities for sexuality education, how her injury has helped shape her creative view on sexuality, accessible dating tips and so much more.
In this episode, Rachel Wotton joins us for a chat about sex work and disability in Australia. Rachel Wotton is a sex worker, academic, consultant and educator. She has previously held positions with Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) NSW , Scarlet Alliance - the Australian Sex Workers Association, and Touching Base . The 2011 Australian documentary Scarlett Road highlighted her work with clients with disability, which was also featured in her 2016 TEDxBundry presentation and 2016 Masters by ...
In this episode, Dan Holt, Peer and Family Support Team Leader with Spinal Cord Injuries Australia, shares his experience of living with disability, his work educating others who have acquired a spinal cord injury, and how he went about reinventing himself to find his sexual confidence again.
In this episode, Dr Emily Bray shares her story of motherhood after a spinal cord injury in her 20s. We talk about dating, fertility, pregnancy, birth, infant care and parenting with a high-level spinal cord injury - the lessons she has learned along the way that have helped shape her understanding of what makes for a great mum and challenge community assumptions about what parenting is.
In this episode, we chat with Dr Mitchell Tepper, sexuality educator and coach, researcher on pleasure and orgasm, and author of Regain That Feeling: Secrets to Sexual Self-Discovery. Dr Tepper has also created a documentary called Love After War that provides insights on restoring emotional and physical intimacy after serious combat related injuries. Our discussion is about rediscovering sex and connectedness following an injury. Specifically, we talk about ejaculation and spinal cord injury, b...
Heidi Haydon is joining us to have conversations about female sexuality following spinal cord injury, her role as a peer support worker in the spinal units in NSW. It is a great opportunity for us to reflect on how we learn about sex and all the messages that are taught to us that we don't even realise that we are learning, and how that might change after acquiring a disability.
Join Candice and Andrew for our very first episode of A Wheelie Good Sex Chat on disability and sexuality! Candice is an experienced specialist social worker and qualified sexologist, with a demonstrated history of working in hospital & community rehabilitation settings for the past 20 years across Sydney, rural New South Wales, Brisbane, Scotland and New York. Candice also has numerous peer reviewed publications, and is an award-winning clinician-researcher. Andrew (they/them, he/him) is an...
