"<i>Loneliness and its Opposite</i> is an important contribution to the ongoing work of advancing the sexual lives of disabled people, particularly in its empirical findings that show how life changing politically progressive policy frameworks can be for disabled lives when they are both well funded and when there exists a strong commitment to facilitating those policies in practice."

- Kelly Fritsch, Feminist Review

"Thought provoking, intentionally humorous at many times, and possessing a rare clarity in argument, this book should be broadly assigned, read, and debated in both undergraduate and graduate seminars." 

- Karen Nakamura, Medical Anthropology Quarterly

"As a medical anthropologist interested in chronicity and impairment, I’m more than a little in love with <i>Loneliness and Its Opposite</i>. It makes me attempt to take a more inclusive and daring approach, both in the topics I study as well as the work produced. The work is compelling and accessible, written in a style that captures the reader at the start and holds that interest throughout."

- Narelle Warren, Somatosphere

"<i>Loneliness and Its Opposite </i>goes a long way toward understanding how a right to sex might be realized for people with disabilities. In their engaging anthropological/historical study of Denmark and Sweden, we hear from sex workers and people with disabilities, read about obscure policy papers and academic articles on disability, and see sexually explicit education pamphlets and movie stills. All of this provides the reader with a rich understanding of those countries’ approaches to sexuality and disability. In the process, it forces us to confront the role of the state in facilitating sexual expression for those with cognitive or physical impairments." 

- Alexander A. Boni-Saenz, New Rambler Review

"[S]imultaneously unsettles a number of taken-for-granted notions about what it means to care or what it means to fulfill a right. As such, this intriguing book deserves a readership outside the realm of sexuality or disability studies."

- Bjarke Oxlund, American Anthropologist