LoveHowTo Dating Directory: Disabled
The disabled face challenges not just physical but social: finding and building a relationship with someone who understands and accepts the extra effort involved in daily activities and more special times.
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35,000 members. Targeting amputees, cerebral palsy, MS, deaf, blind, paraplegic. An international crowd, including many who are not disabled but interested in dating those who are. Strangely, the site also features a casino.
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Audience & Features: disabled, straight Pricing
Try LoveByrd Site targeting those with a multitude of disabilities. Rich in content, from helpful articles to discussion forums to the ability to browse by disability. Minimal number of gay and lesbian members. Affiliated with Disaboom.com, a terrific site for the disabled.
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A somewhat repetitive search process. Registration seems insensitive to disabled users, asking about lots of sports activities and making no reference to disability until the essay section. Not a massive database of members but those who are here are high quality. Members who have not signed in within 90 days are deleted.
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DAWN is Differently Abled Winners Network. 1000+ members in US. This does not work like a typical online dating service. Members pay a processing fee and are interviewed over the phone (in person in Phoenix/Tuscon area), then introduced to a potential match via postal mail through an exchange of personal profiles.
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Nicely designed site for people with Arthritis, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, Depression, Diabetes, Mobility Issues, Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Cord Injuries and other disabilities. Free chat, videos, blogs, message boards and email, as well as membership in any of more than 100 more highly targeted community sites (christianpassions, funnypassions, romancepassions, etc.).
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An upbeat international crowd can be found on the friends & dating section of this site aimed at people with disabilities. Free to join and to contact other members. Wide cross section of disabilities.
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International. Broad definition of disability, including psoriasis, arthritis and chronic fatigue syndrome in addition to wheelchair usage, MS, Fibromyalgia and others. Straightforward, with blogs and forums.
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Audience & Features: over 40, straight Pricing
Try SpecialSinglesOnline A nice but rarely changing group of singles, straightforward and attractive. Working against this site is the count of who's online: when it's less than 10 you know you're not going to find a lot of current profiles.
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