Abasiophilia Explained

Abasiophilia is a psychosexual attraction to people with impaired mobility, especially those who use orthopaedic appliances such as leg braces, orthopedic casts, or wheelchairs.^[1] The term abasiophilia was first used by John Money of the Johns Hopkins University in a paper on paraphilias, in 1990.^{[2] [3]}

In popular culture

Abasiophilia plays a prominent role in the Michael Connelly novel The Scarecrow, in which a serial killer is motivated by abasiophilia.^[4]

See also

• Attraction to disability
• Medical fetishism
• Crash (1996 film)
• Quid Pro Quo (2008 film)

References

• Book: Money, John . Lovemaps: Clinical Concepts of Sexual/Erotic Health and Pathology, Paraphilia, and Gender Transposition in Childhood, Adolescence, and Maturity . . Buffalo, N.Y . 1988 . 0-87975-456-7 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Butcher, Nancy . The Strange Case of the Walking Corpse: A Chronicle of Medical Mysteries, Curious Remedies, and Bizarre but True Healing Folklore . 1-58333-160-3 . 52107453 . 2003 . Avery . New York . 132 .
2. Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality . 3 . 2 . 1990 . Paraphilia in Females Fixation on Amputation and Lameness; Two Personal Accounts . 165–72 . Money . J . John Money . 10.1300/j056v03n02_11.
3. Book: Milner, JS . Laws DR & O'Donohue WT . Dopke CA . Sexual Deviance, Second Edition: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment . . New York . 2008 . 384–418 . 978-1-59385-605-2 . Paraphilia Not Otherwise Specified: Psychopathology and theory.
4. Book: Connelly, Michael . The Scarecrow . registration . 978-0-316-16630-0 . 2009 . Little, Brown and Company . New York . 419.