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I’m a non-binary autistic person who is often ‘helped’ by people who mistake my wariness for helplessness, but the worst incidence of non-consensual touching I have experienced happened to someone else. I was marshalling at a graduation ceremony, and asked to provide one to one support to a blind woman, with a guide dog, who … Continue reading “Sam’s Story -‘I’m a non-binary autistic person who is often ‘helped’ by people who mistake my wariness for helplessness’”

I am a 26 year- old cis- gender, bi-sexual female and have a form of proportional dwarfism, which has lead me to finish growing at around 4 foot 8(ish). My most prominent experience would be a drunken stranger suddenly picking me up onto his shoulders without my consent at a music festival last year so … Continue reading “AJ’s Story – ‘It made me feel inferior, violated, powerless, scared, knocked my confidence and undermined what I have achieved as a person in spite of my disability’”

I’ve been at the point where I mostly need a wheelchair to go out for years, and I can’t self-propel. So I always have my partner pushing my wheelchair, and despite the life-endangering assault by the driver some years ago, I feel a lot safer for that. Men are far less likely to hassle women … Continue reading “Edie’s Story part 2 – ‘Men are far less likely to hassle women who have a man with them’”

As a visually impaired woman using a white cane I experience unwanted touching in public every single day. I have been dragged across roads, pulled out of train carriages and pushed around shops, without being asked if I wanted assistance first. These experiences can be distressing and disorientating, occasionally they cause me physical harm. Whenever … Continue reading “Amy’s Story – ‘As a visually impaired woman using a white cane I experience unwanted touching in public every single day.’”