Disability is not Inability

5. PARTNERS AND FAMILIES OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS CAN FEEL SAFE

Partners and families of people living with HIV should not be afraid. HIV can only be transmitted in a few specific ways, through activities which allow the exchange of body fluids such as semen, vaginal liquids, blood or breast milk. These include transmission through unprotected sex-that is sex without a condom – either male to female, or male to male. Unprotected anal sex is particularly risky behaviour. Mother to child transmission of the virus can also occur through breast feeding.

The virus cannot be passed on to a family member by shaking hands, hugging, kissing, using the same bathroom, eating from the same dishes, coughing, or mosquito bites. The care and support provided by family and friends is extremely important in keeping loved ones alive and preventing anyone else from getting infected. If a person becomes sick with AIDS they should be given the same love, respect and care as any other person in the community suffering from a serious illness.

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