'If someone says, ‘don’t worry, I don’t see your disability,’ you’re erasing a massive part of who they are' 🔵 JoshuaHepple, has cerebral palsy, and is the inspiration for an award-winning play by JonBradfield. He explains how dating works for him
There is a risk though, to his safety, each time the door opens and a new man walks in. The standard advice not to reveal your address on first dates does not apply when circumstances require that you entertain strangers at home. “It’s not all perfect and wonderful. It can go very right or very wrong. Someone could rape me, or marry me – but hopefully, they are somewhere in the middle.”
“On the other hand,” he continues, “cerebral palsy has a massive impact on my life, so if someone says, ‘don’t worry, I don’t see your disability,’ you’re erasing a massive part of who they are. If someone says that to me, I say, ‘I don’t see your right arm’.” “Josh had seen some of my stage shows, mainly a string of adult, gay pantomimes for Above The Stag Theatre [in London], which I guess I’d describe as literate smut with heart!” says Bradfield. “He liked the idea of a writer who he thought would bring irreverence and big characters, and a sort of unabashed humour to the sexual side of it.
He adds: “I’d never have thought of writing a play about a guy who can’t wank, nor felt entitled to write it, but I was instantly taken with it as an idea, so to be chosen and trusted like that is incredible. And for Josh’s part there’s something very cool about someone who loves theatre, but isn’t a writer or a producer, nevertheless manifesting a play, persuading someone to write it and then having it produced.
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