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In 1979, Owens started the
Outsiders Club for socially and physically disabled people to find partners. She was helped by Nigel Verbeek, who had recently lost his sight. Both worked voluntarily, which Owens continues to do today. Outsiders is a club providing peer support to members, an online
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Owens has won the 2015 Lifetime
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Owens will be the editor of a forthcoming website, The School of Sex for
Disabled People, which is being created by sexually experienced disabled people and those who provide them with sexual services. She is currently writing her autobiography.
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For disabled men and women who want to learn what pleasures their bodies are capable of enjoying, and how to please a partner, Owens set up the TLC Trust website, where they can find responsible, safe sexual services.
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Owens is now the chair of the Sexual
Freedom Coalition. Back in the 90s Owens worked campaigning with Prostitution Pride, parades through London, which were funded by Arcadia events in North London.
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Outsiders. At the same time, she also advises the promoter of the Sexual Freedom Ball to fund Outsiders, and the organisers of the fundraiser, The
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in London, where she gained a diploma in Human
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Dr. Tuppy Owens: The Sensual Patron Saint of the Disabled
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