Dating Section

it is impractical for NAS to set up such a site and, frankly it is MUCH better left to the experts.

there are some specialist dating and relationship web sites that are for disabled people, populated mostly by physically impaired people, but there is a statistically proportionate number of pyschologicaly impaired members. some even have a section for 'learning disabilities etc.'

interestingly, some 'aspirational' sites that offer profiling will actually reject your application for membership if their program decides your personality profile will reduce their success rate statistics (yes, really).

so the way forward is for us (the members of this forum who are interested) to say "hey - lets choose one of these sites, and if we all use the same one, then we maximise our chances of meeting somebody compatible"

i would suggest that there are certain aspects we can use to select a suitable site

- it should be based in the UK. this will offer protection to members because it will have to abide by UK laws. it also helps because UK websites are better protected from 'undesirable' content.

- it should be FREE for users. (well, the basic servises anyway) nothing is actually free, but disabled people cannot afford to pay for services, especially when there is no guarrantee of success so the site would probably be funded by advertising. members that pay are usually more 'serious' about the whole thing, so this could be changed if that's what we prefer overall.

a quick search and select brings up a few candidates. i checked them out and rejeceted any that were low quality, overtly 'adult', un-maintained or had broken links etc.

- http://www.disableddating.co.uk

- http://www.enabledalready.com

- http://www.disabledunited.com

maybe we could have a poll to see which one we like best and then go with that?

it is impractical for NAS to set up such a site and, frankly it is MUCH better left to the experts.

there are some specialist dating and relationship web sites that are for disabled people, populated mostly by physically impaired people, but there is a statistically proportionate number of pyschologicaly impaired members. some even have a section for 'learning disabilities etc.'

interestingly, some 'aspirational' sites that offer profiling will actually reject your application for membership if their program decides your personality profile will reduce their success rate statistics (yes, really).

so the way forward is for us (the members of this forum who are interested) to say "hey - lets choose one of these sites, and if we all use the same one, then we maximise our chances of meeting somebody compatible"

i would suggest that there are certain aspects we can use to select a suitable site

- it should be based in the UK. this will offer protection to members because it will have to abide by UK laws. it also helps because UK websites are better protected from 'undesirable' content.

- it should be FREE for users. (well, the basic servises anyway) nothing is actually free, but disabled people cannot afford to pay for services, especially when there is no guarrantee of success so the site would probably be funded by advertising. members that pay are usually more 'serious' about the whole thing, so this could be changed if that's what we prefer overall.

a quick search and select brings up a few candidates. i checked them out and rejeceted any that were low quality, overtly 'adult', un-maintained or had broken links etc.

- http://www.disableddating.co.uk

- http://www.enabledalready.com

- http://www.disabledunited.com

maybe we could have a poll to see which one we like best and then go with that?