A Santinele Martino
Biographic Data
| ID | 5871 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Santinele Martino |
| GIVEN NAMES | A Santinele |
| FAMILY NAME | Martino |
| SIGNATURE | MARTINO A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2270-3482 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
‘Tumblr didn’t really give me sex ed, it more gave me like, Queer ed’
Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and diverse gender and sexual identifying (2SLGBTQ+) individuals with developmental disabilities often face unique challenges in accessing comprehensive sexuality education and finding supportive communities. Traditional educational settings and other offline environments may not adequately address their specific needs, limiting knowledge and understanding of sexuality and gender, affirmatio…
Authenticity in Question
As artificial intelligence (AI)-generated personas and deepfakes become increasingly sophisticated, online qualitative research faces urgent challenges to trust and authenticity. This commentary explores how hyperreal digital deception intersects with core qualitative commitments to care, access, and participant co-authorship. Drawing on crip, feminist, and decolonial methodologies, we critique the limitations of verification practices – such as …
Desiring Disability
The concept of transability, also referred to in medical discourse as Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID), remains a contentious subject, eliciting strong public and professional reactions. This study examines the media and public discourse surrounding a recent case in which a 20-year-old man in Quebec voluntarily underwent the amputation of two fingers. Using qualitative content analysis, we analyzed 15 news articles and three Reddit threads…
Disabled content creators on OnlyFans
This paper explores the intersection of disability and digital content creation on OnlyFans, a subscription-based social media platform known for its diverse creator community. Through a content analysis of 10 news articles and 22 Reddit threads focused on disability and OnlyFans, we investigate the experiences of disabled content creators in this dynamic digital landscape. OnlyFans has emerged as a promising employment option for people with dis…
Love and Disability
Feminism Means Having the Same Rights as Everyone”
What is feminism
This exploratory study investigates the intersection of feminism and intellectual disability. Despite the feminist movement’s commitment to inclusivity, women with intellectual disabilities often remain marginalized within feminist discourse and activism. This study aims to understand how women with intellectual disabilities perceive feminism, their identification with feminist movements, and the social issues they prioritize. Drawing on eight in…
Turning the Table
Disability and sexuality remain under-explored areas within mainstream sex education, particularly when it comes to centering the experiences and insights of 2SLGBTQ+ disabled individuals. Traditional models of sexuality education have focused disproportionately on risk prevention and pathology. However, disabled people have long developed innovative strategies, frameworks, and understandings of sexuality that exceed the limited scope of such pro…
Toward a "crip" sociology of fucking
This paper develops the concept of a "crip" sociology of fucking to challenge dominant paradigms of sex and sexuality by foregrounding disabled bodies and desires. Building on disability studies and queer theory, I argue that ableist frameworks limit how society conceives intimacy, pleasure, and sexual autonomy. By centering disabled experiences, I highlight alternative timelines, forms of touch, and erotic goals. Introducing "crip time" as a non…
Enacting and/or contesting the ‘normal TA body’
While social location substantially impacts faculty experiences on university campuses, comparatively little research has explored the experiences of undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants (TAs). Drawing on semi-structured interviews, this study explores how TAs at one Canadian university construct their identities as they teach. We employ the concepts of self-presentation and performativity to consider the interplay between TAs’ socially…
She Couldn't Say the Word Penis”
Growing Up Queer with a Disability in Canada’s Bible Belt
Background : This exploratory study examines the role of religion in the romantic and sexual lives of 2SLGBTQ+ (two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning, intersex, asexual, the plus reflects individuals who are self-identifying as part of the community) people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Method : Based on 31 semi-structured interviews conducted in Alberta, Canada, 13 participants shared how r…
The Experiences of 2SLGBTQ+ Adults Labeled with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities When Navigating Mainstream Queer Social Spaces
Drawing on interviews with 31 2SLGBTQ+ people labeled with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities, this exploratory study focuses on participants' experiences navigating mainstream queer social spaces. The current study is an explorative qualitative view at the intersection of the 2SLGBTQ+ and disability community. There is a call for more inclusive spaces for people with disabilities within queer social areas. Although queer spaces attem…
Who can you trust these days
The use of digital technologies in qualitative research has been found to increase access and participation by minimizing geographical, scheduling, and financial barriers. However, discussions among the qualitative research community about the challenges of conducting research online and, specifically, what steps can be taken to mitigate 'imposter participants' remain limited. Anchored in a critical disability studies perspective, in this field n…
“Any sort of assessment that does not contain writing a multiple-page APA style essay, count me in”
The use of art-based approaches in teaching critical disability studies can provide students with the opportunity and space to take creative risks and advance their critical thinking skills in ways that go beyond the traditional assignment. Anchored in a critical disability studies perspective, in this paper, instructors and students in a third-year level critical disability studies course share our reflections on a playwriting assignment aimed a…
We Are Sexual Too
Forming intimate relationships, exploring one’s sexuality and having sexual experiences are often markers of the transition between childhood and adulthood. During adolescent and early adulthood years, young people usually start their process of sexual exploration. Due to protectionism and forms of social control, disabled youth, however, often encounter unique barriers to experiencing those milestones. This chapter addresses some of the barriers…
Cripping” Intimate Relationships
Ethically important moments
People labeled/with intellectual disabilities are rarely given the opportunity to 'speak' about their sexual and romantic experiences on their own behalf. Persisting stereotypes and (over)protectionism sometimes serve as social mechanisms that silence disabled people in knowledge creation. Although further protections need to be implemented, people labeled/with intellectual disabilities must have an opportunity to share their perspectives and exp…
“It's just more complicated!”
This exploratory qualitative study analyzes narratives to understand how adults with intellectual disabilities navigate the digital sexual fields available to them, given the barriers and constraints in their lives. There is a paucity of research that has looked at the experiences of people with intellectual disabilities when navigating digital sexual fields in their pursuit of romance and partnership. This paper draws on a larger qualitative inq…
I don't want to get in trouble’
Drawing on interviews with 46 adults with intellectual disabilities in Ontario, Canada, this article suggests a different starting point in understanding the constraints that limit which sexual fields are available to people with intellectual disabilities. Because of surveillance, infantilisation and control, people with intellectual disabilities sometimes have to claim and convert other spaces such as day programmes, group homes and other reside…
Also here, also queer
LGBT+ disabled youth are commonly denied access to formal sex education, and thus they may encounter fewer opportunities to receive information and develop a vocabulary to articulate their sexual identities, desires, and rights. As a response to this invisibility of disabled LGBT+ identities and the lack of opportunities for learning pertinent information, LGBT+ disabled activists/scholars across the globe have taken on the leadership role in ter…
Introduction
This special issue of the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies brings together 19 articles by scholars and activists across broad academic disciplines and activist communities— from disability studies to inclusive education, early childhood education, decolonial studies, feminist anti-violence organizing, community health and more—as well as geopolitical locations
Introduction
The papers in this special issue build on an exciting, and fast growing, body of scholarship located at the intersection of critical disability studies and critical animal studies, shedding light on disablism and speciesism1 as interconnecting oppressions, how animality and disability are mutually constitutive, as well as the tensions and coalitions shared by these two related fields (see, for example, Jenkins, Montford & Taylor, 2020; Nocella II…
Cripping Sex Education
Sexual health information is often inaccessible for people with disabilities1 as well as inattentive to their experiences and desires (Gougeon 2009; Lofgren-Martenson 2012; Bahner 2015, 2018). Many
Normal/Deserving Citizens and the Transabled Other
In this paper, the authors explore the ways that online commenters on the National Post's website articulate their opinions, understandings, and feelings about a news story on the topic of transability. By conducting a content analysis of the online data, the authors examine how the commenters demonstrate that dominant forms of power, knowledge, and discourse permeate common-sense understandings of the healthy, normal citizen through their acting…
Cripping sexualities
This paper provides a review of some of the literature addressing the juncture of disabilities and sexualities and invites sociologists to build on this work and take part in this important intersectional field. First, I discuss the central relevance of an intersectional lens for making sense of the unique experiences of queer people with disabilities who are located at the crossroads of various stratified systems. Then, I discuss some of the man…
Who can you trust these days
The use of digital technologies in qualitative research has been found to increase access and participation by minimizing geographical, scheduling, and financial barriers. However, discussions among the qualitative research community about the challenges of conducting research online and, specifically, what steps can be taken to mitigate 'imposter participants' remain limited. Anchored in a critical disability studies perspective, in this field n…
Ethically important moments
People labeled/with intellectual disabilities are rarely given the opportunity to 'speak' about their sexual and romantic experiences on their own behalf. Persisting stereotypes and (over)protectionism sometimes serve as social mechanisms that silence disabled people in knowledge creation. Although further protections need to be implemented, people labeled/with intellectual disabilities must have an opportunity to share their perspectives and exp…
Toward a "crip" sociology of fucking
This paper develops the concept of a "crip" sociology of fucking to challenge dominant paradigms of sex and sexuality by foregrounding disabled bodies and desires. Building on disability studies and queer theory, I argue that ableist frameworks limit how society conceives intimacy, pleasure, and sexual autonomy. By centering disabled experiences, I highlight alternative timelines, forms of touch, and erotic goals. Introducing "crip time" as a non…
The Experiences of 2SLGBTQ+ Adults Labeled with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities When Navigating Mainstream Queer Social Spaces
Drawing on interviews with 31 2SLGBTQ+ people labeled with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities, this exploratory study focuses on participants' experiences navigating mainstream queer social spaces. The current study is an explorative qualitative view at the intersection of the 2SLGBTQ+ and disability community. There is a call for more inclusive spaces for people with disabilities within queer social areas. Although queer spaces attem…
Cripping” Intimate Relationships
Growing Up Queer with a Disability in Canada’s Bible Belt
Background : This exploratory study examines the role of religion in the romantic and sexual lives of 2SLGBTQ+ (two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning, intersex, asexual, the plus reflects individuals who are self-identifying as part of the community) people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Method : Based on 31 semi-structured interviews conducted in Alberta, Canada, 13 participants shared how r…
Normal/Deserving Citizens and the Transabled Other
In this paper, the authors explore the ways that online commenters on the National Post's website articulate their opinions, understandings, and feelings about a news story on the topic of transability. By conducting a content analysis of the online data, the authors examine how the commenters demonstrate that dominant forms of power, knowledge, and discourse permeate common-sense understandings of the healthy, normal citizen through their acting…
Cripping sexualities
This paper provides a review of some of the literature addressing the juncture of disabilities and sexualities and invites sociologists to build on this work and take part in this important intersectional field. First, I discuss the central relevance of an intersectional lens for making sense of the unique experiences of queer people with disabilities who are located at the crossroads of various stratified systems. Then, I discuss some of the man…
Normal/Deserving Citizens and the Transabled Other
In this paper, the authors explore the ways that online commenters on the National Post's website articulate their opinions, understandings, and feelings about a news story on the topic of transability. By conducting a content analysis of the online data, the authors examine how the commenters demonstrate that dominant forms of power, knowledge, and discourse permeate common-sense understandings of the healthy, normal citizen through their acting…
Also here, also queer
LGBT+ disabled youth are commonly denied access to formal sex education, and thus they may encounter fewer opportunities to receive information and develop a vocabulary to articulate their sexual identities, desires, and rights. As a response to this invisibility of disabled LGBT+ identities and the lack of opportunities for learning pertinent information, LGBT+ disabled activists/scholars across the globe have taken on the leadership role in ter…
Introduction
This special issue of the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies brings together 19 articles by scholars and activists across broad academic disciplines and activist communities— from disability studies to inclusive education, early childhood education, decolonial studies, feminist anti-violence organizing, community health and more—as well as geopolitical locations
Introduction
The papers in this special issue build on an exciting, and fast growing, body of scholarship located at the intersection of critical disability studies and critical animal studies, shedding light on disablism and speciesism1 as interconnecting oppressions, how animality and disability are mutually constitutive, as well as the tensions and coalitions shared by these two related fields (see, for example, Jenkins, Montford & Taylor, 2020; Nocella II…
Cripping Sex Education
Sexual health information is often inaccessible for people with disabilities1 as well as inattentive to their experiences and desires (Gougeon 2009; Lofgren-Martenson 2012; Bahner 2015, 2018). Many
“It's just more complicated!”
This exploratory qualitative study analyzes narratives to understand how adults with intellectual disabilities navigate the digital sexual fields available to them, given the barriers and constraints in their lives. There is a paucity of research that has looked at the experiences of people with intellectual disabilities when navigating digital sexual fields in their pursuit of romance and partnership. This paper draws on a larger qualitative inq…
I don't want to get in trouble’
Drawing on interviews with 46 adults with intellectual disabilities in Ontario, Canada, this article suggests a different starting point in understanding the constraints that limit which sexual fields are available to people with intellectual disabilities. Because of surveillance, infantilisation and control, people with intellectual disabilities sometimes have to claim and convert other spaces such as day programmes, group homes and other reside…
“Any sort of assessment that does not contain writing a multiple-page APA style essay, count me in”
The use of art-based approaches in teaching critical disability studies can provide students with the opportunity and space to take creative risks and advance their critical thinking skills in ways that go beyond the traditional assignment. Anchored in a critical disability studies perspective, in this paper, instructors and students in a third-year level critical disability studies course share our reflections on a playwriting assignment aimed a…
We Are Sexual Too
Forming intimate relationships, exploring one’s sexuality and having sexual experiences are often markers of the transition between childhood and adulthood. During adolescent and early adulthood years, young people usually start their process of sexual exploration. Due to protectionism and forms of social control, disabled youth, however, often encounter unique barriers to experiencing those milestones. This chapter addresses some of the barriers…
Cripping” Intimate Relationships
Ethically important moments
People labeled/with intellectual disabilities are rarely given the opportunity to 'speak' about their sexual and romantic experiences on their own behalf. Persisting stereotypes and (over)protectionism sometimes serve as social mechanisms that silence disabled people in knowledge creation. Although further protections need to be implemented, people labeled/with intellectual disabilities must have an opportunity to share their perspectives and exp…
Enacting and/or contesting the ‘normal TA body’
While social location substantially impacts faculty experiences on university campuses, comparatively little research has explored the experiences of undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants (TAs). Drawing on semi-structured interviews, this study explores how TAs at one Canadian university construct their identities as they teach. We employ the concepts of self-presentation and performativity to consider the interplay between TAs’ socially…
She Couldn't Say the Word Penis”
Growing Up Queer with a Disability in Canada’s Bible Belt
Background : This exploratory study examines the role of religion in the romantic and sexual lives of 2SLGBTQ+ (two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning, intersex, asexual, the plus reflects individuals who are self-identifying as part of the community) people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Method : Based on 31 semi-structured interviews conducted in Alberta, Canada, 13 participants shared how r…
The Experiences of 2SLGBTQ+ Adults Labeled with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities When Navigating Mainstream Queer Social Spaces
Drawing on interviews with 31 2SLGBTQ+ people labeled with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities, this exploratory study focuses on participants' experiences navigating mainstream queer social spaces. The current study is an explorative qualitative view at the intersection of the 2SLGBTQ+ and disability community. There is a call for more inclusive spaces for people with disabilities within queer social areas. Although queer spaces attem…
Who can you trust these days
The use of digital technologies in qualitative research has been found to increase access and participation by minimizing geographical, scheduling, and financial barriers. However, discussions among the qualitative research community about the challenges of conducting research online and, specifically, what steps can be taken to mitigate 'imposter participants' remain limited. Anchored in a critical disability studies perspective, in this field n…
Disabled content creators on OnlyFans
This paper explores the intersection of disability and digital content creation on OnlyFans, a subscription-based social media platform known for its diverse creator community. Through a content analysis of 10 news articles and 22 Reddit threads focused on disability and OnlyFans, we investigate the experiences of disabled content creators in this dynamic digital landscape. OnlyFans has emerged as a promising employment option for people with dis…
Love and Disability
Feminism Means Having the Same Rights as Everyone”
What is feminism
This exploratory study investigates the intersection of feminism and intellectual disability. Despite the feminist movement’s commitment to inclusivity, women with intellectual disabilities often remain marginalized within feminist discourse and activism. This study aims to understand how women with intellectual disabilities perceive feminism, their identification with feminist movements, and the social issues they prioritize. Drawing on eight in…
Turning the Table
Disability and sexuality remain under-explored areas within mainstream sex education, particularly when it comes to centering the experiences and insights of 2SLGBTQ+ disabled individuals. Traditional models of sexuality education have focused disproportionately on risk prevention and pathology. However, disabled people have long developed innovative strategies, frameworks, and understandings of sexuality that exceed the limited scope of such pro…
Toward a "crip" sociology of fucking
This paper develops the concept of a "crip" sociology of fucking to challenge dominant paradigms of sex and sexuality by foregrounding disabled bodies and desires. Building on disability studies and queer theory, I argue that ableist frameworks limit how society conceives intimacy, pleasure, and sexual autonomy. By centering disabled experiences, I highlight alternative timelines, forms of touch, and erotic goals. Introducing "crip time" as a non…
‘Tumblr didn’t really give me sex ed, it more gave me like, Queer ed’
Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and diverse gender and sexual identifying (2SLGBTQ+) individuals with developmental disabilities often face unique challenges in accessing comprehensive sexuality education and finding supportive communities. Traditional educational settings and other offline environments may not adequately address their specific needs, limiting knowledge and understanding of sexuality and gender, affirmatio…
Authenticity in Question
As artificial intelligence (AI)-generated personas and deepfakes become increasingly sophisticated, online qualitative research faces urgent challenges to trust and authenticity. This commentary explores how hyperreal digital deception intersects with core qualitative commitments to care, access, and participant co-authorship. Drawing on crip, feminist, and decolonial methodologies, we critique the limitations of verification practices – such as …
Sociology (22 works) · Gender Studies (20 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (17 works) · Psychology (17 works) · Human sexuality (11 works) · Disability studies (9 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works)