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(Remarkable EOB: Tell us
Tech) when about something
COVID hit positive that has
last March happened since
and so we starting That’s
were Handi.
sprinting
forward Heather: OMG
when the there have been so
many things! I
rest of the think if we sum up
world was at all of the
a standstill. I incredible and
was stood positive things that
down from have happened
my day job they would be the
in
advertising, result of the
amazing people
and had who have joined
more time to fully focus on my sense of self. I am excited
Handi. I believe that if it wasn’t for a possible vaccine, but angry our team or lent their support to
what we are doing. It is
for COVID we probably that disabled people have not incredibly humbling to have
wouldn’t be as far along today as been prioritized. The pandemic
we are. The adult industry has has also highlighted the people offer their time and talent
because they believe in your
also seen a massive amount of ignorance and ableism of cause and they believe in you. It
growth during the time of
lockdown - people are really at “None that looked at literally does take a village to
launch a start up and I still pinch
home drinking and wanking - what it FEELS like to myself when I look around at the
according to the data of course, have sexual experiences
haha. Obviously its been hard and a disabled amazing humans who are a part
of ours. To each and everyone of
and we’d never look to minimize them - I am so incredibly
what people around the world experience. We wanted
are going through, but there to fill that void, looking grateful.
have been a lot of silver linings at questions that had EOB: Tell us about The
to come out of COVID. never before been Handi Book of Love, Lust and
Andrew: Covid has changed openly explored and Disability.
everything. It has illuminated talked about.” Heather: The Handi Book was
the ableism that disabled people the first product and first book
have been talking about forever everyday folks, and that has been that Handi released. It was born
(apparently, we can work from especially frustrating. I promise from the realization that while
home). It has changed my the second it’s over, I will be there is content that exists about
relationship with my disability, booking lots of hours with my sex & disability, its all very
my sexuality and my work. I favorite sex worker. I deserve it! clinical and it’s very focused on
haven’t been able to have sex in the mechanics - can disabled
a year and it has greatly affected people have sex (yes), are they
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