How to Date Online with a Disability

Online dating is a fun way to meet new friends and begin the dating process. It takes luck out of equation and allows you to find people who share your interests. If you are disabled, there are online dating services that can help you to meet people who can share your experiences and understand different challenges and abilities.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Check out your options. There are a few online dating web sites for people with disabilities. Look at each one and decide which fits your interests the best. Dating4disabled.com is one, Whispers4u.com is another.

2. Take your photo. Have a friend take a few shots of you in different situations. Outdoor shots make the best primary images, but then add more images of you with friends or enjoying the activities you like the best.

3. Fill out the profile including information about how you spend your time.

4. Check out possible matches and start saying hello. Be sure to ask some questions of potential dates to get a conversation going.

Tips & Warnings

• Have a friend look at your profile before posting to be sure it reads well and to get a second opinion.
• Be open to dating non disabled people. There are many singles on the sites who aren't disabled, but are open and interested in getting to know you.
• Online dating mishaps happen to everyone, so be careful with whom you begin conversations with and again, have a friend check out your potential dates as well.
• If your potential date asks for money, stop communicating with this person.

Resources

• whispers4u.com
• dating4disabled