Episode 4 - Intimacy and touch

Would Like To Meet

Jan 6 2023 • 17 mins

Episode 4 - Intimacy and touch
Most adults want to have sex or touch as part of a full life, but for disabled people, this isn't always easy to find. Ngozi talks to her friends and other people with disabilities about their sex lives, whether they would consider accessing sexual services, and the barriers still faced by many people seeking some kind of intimacy.

Would Like To Meet: A six-part series about dating and disability.
Presented by Ngozi Ugochukwu.
A Documental Production.
Commissioned by Audio Content Fund.

Creative Team:

Ngozi Ugochukwu, co-creator & presenter, is a creative practitioner in a wide range of disciplines - photography, filmmaking and performance. Her work as an artist has been exhibited for Disability Arts Online, and she has had her work on display as part of the Manchester Open at HOME for two consecutive years. She has worked in the broadcasting industry, where her role has covered journalism, research, directing, content producing and editing.

Lucy Bell is the co-creator & series producer on WOULD LIKE TO MEET and helped format the series, working from an original idea by Ngozi Ugochukwu. Lucy, a writer and producer, has a non-verbal pre-teen daughter and is a school governor at a setting for young people with severe cognitive disabilities. She is keen to explore how progressive the dating scene is in 2022.

Celia Hutchison, the editor, has worked for many years as a sound engineer on network radio for the BBC. She has worked on everything from radio drama (including the Archers) to live music for 6 Music. She particularly enjoyed the variety of people she met and is delighted to join the WOULD LIKE TO MEET team.

Andrew Westle is the creative production manager on WOULD LIKE TO MEET. His work defies neat boundaries to include resear...

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