Blog of Dr Darryl Sellwood

Provocative, disruptive and sometimes subversive — inventor of the Bummunicator!

Category: Sexuality

  • If Reading My Thesis Feels Like a Chore, Here’s a Podcast Instead!

    Let’s be real: reading a PhD thesis is not everyone’s idea of a good time. I get it—hundreds of pages of academic jargon and charts might not scream “entertainment.” But what if I told you that you could get the juicy bits of my PhD findings in just 20 minutes? Yep, I’ve turned my research…

  • The PhD Thesis 2019

    Update: The thesis received a Flinders University Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence. Lived experiences of people with complex communication needs: Romantic and sexual relationships by Darryl James Sellwood Thesis Submitted to Flinders University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Disability and Community Inclusion College of Nursing & Health Sciences July 2019 Supervisors: Associate…

  • The Hatred towards the article “Why I Masturbate my profoundly disabled son”

    Today I was scrolling through my Facebook feed when this article come up and I thought it would be an interesting read, given the topic of my PhD. As the article states, we whom have disabilities  generally receive assistance to met our the physical, emotional and intellectual needs, yet when it comes to our sexual…

  • Sunday Night at the Movies

    Sunday evening I went to see the movie The Sessions with a couple friends. It is an incredible movie that touches you yet at the same time makes you think. The main theme of the movie is sexuality and disability, and it also brings in Catholicism. I think a PhD could be undertaken on the…

  • The Adelaide Gay Pride March 2012

    Saturday, I went in the Adelaide Gay Pride March. Some might be surprised by this. I marched in my purple tights, black rara skirt, bright pink “I’m too sexy for my wheelchair” t-shirt and a yellow sequined balaclava. The reading group, that I am in, marched all dressed up with coloured balaclavas in support for…