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Leigh Creighton standing at a lookout with a mountain in the distance behind him.

"I think the biggest barrier for me is that people reject me based on my disability. They judge me on the way I look because I have Down syndrome,"
he said.

"I think that for far too long we've had social attitudes, particularly about people with intellectual disabilities, that suggest they don't have capacity to make decisions about relationships,"
she said.

"Many people with disability feel negative about themselves due to discrimination therefore feeling undeserving of love."

Two wine glasses on a table with a vase of yellow flowers in between

"We received communication from participants that mainstream dating apps weren't working,"
Ms Swan said.

Two people hold hands in a cafe during a coffee date. Coffees are on the table

"Everyone has a right to fall in love,"
he said.
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