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Unlike their sighted counterparts, blind youth aren’t bombarded by sexual imagery, and they can’t see the pictures in sex education textbooks. Two-dimensional drawings simply don’t work, and the process of experimentation can be disastrous. So how do we inform and educate blind youth about sex in a safe, meaningful way?

Professor Gaylen Kapperman is world renowned for his work on ensuring that blind people aren’t left out of the STEM subjects. But for decades, he’s also been an advocate for ensuring that blind youth can learn about sex education in an accessible way. Now, he’s promoting the use of newer technologies, such as 3D printed models of sex organs.

Professor Kapperman speaks with Jonathan Mosen about this critical and often overlooked accessibility issue.