In Bed with Susie Bright 681: The Strange Case of the Professor Who Wanted to Marry Her Profoundly Disabled Student

In Bed with Susie Bright 681: The Strange Case of the Professor Who Wanted to Marry Her Profoundly Disabled Student

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Read by: Susie Bright

Language: English

Length: 36 minutes

Publisher: In Bed with Susie Bright

Release date: 2015-11-13

Susie starts off today's show with a labyrinth of ethical questions concerning a caregiver and a client falling in love. A professor of ethics at Rutgers University became involved with a severely disabled man while she was working with him. He could not speak, and she used "facilitated communication" - keyboard typing, with physical assistance from the professor - as a way for him to communicate. She thought they were falling in love. But his family thought the miraculous things he was saying sounded a lot like the way middle-class white women talk. The story only gets more disturbing from there.

Finally, it's "What's New on Audible". Susie has a book to recommend for survivors of sexual assault. Healing Sex by Staci Haines, narrated by Traci Odom, helps traumatized people take a mind-body approach to regaining their sex lives.

Have a question or news story for Susie? You can send your confidential queries and comments to susie@susiebright.com. [Episode 681, November 13, 2015]

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