Citizenship is rooted in the ideas of democratic and equal rights, participation, and inclusion for all members of society. This article, based on a participatory study, applying research circle inspired method, examines citizenship in the stories of everyday life of people with intellectual disabilities. Drawing on a rights-based and relational perspective on citizenship, a narrative analytical approach was applied to explore resources for and barriers to citizenship as expressed and embedded in the participants’ stories. The findings reveal how the participants navigated their citizenship with regards to making new friends, finding employment, relating to staff, and coping with mental health challenges in their everyday life.

Many disabled people cannot live out their sexuality or exercise their sexual citizenship without assistance. There is a lack of knowledge concerning experiences and needs related to personal assistance to live out one’s sexuality and how to support sexual citizenship when living with a disability and receiving personal assistance services in the Norwegian context. This study presents the experiences and attitudes of disabled people in Norway concerning personal assistance services and sexual citizenship. A cross-sectional quantitative survey was answered by 67 disabled people living with personal assistance services. The results show that 67.1% of the respondents would rather avoid sexual activity than receive assistance with these activities, 50% found it uncomfortable to talk about sexual health, and 76% feared that conversations about sexual health would make the personal assistant uncomfortable. Service providers and municipalities should acknowledge the sexual needs of disabled people and organize services to meet these needs without personal assistants feeling uncomfortable or exploited.