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Dateability is the only dating app designed for the disabled and chronically ill communities. People with disabilities and chronic illness often encounter ableism on other dating apps. We understand the unique circumstances that present when dating with a disability, which is why we created a safe and accepting space to create meaningful connections for people with physical, intellectual, and psychiatric disabilities.

We invite LGBTQ+ people as we are dedicated to creating an inclusive dating app.

Dateability is available to use on iOS, Android, and web application (dateabilityapp.com) for North America.

Click here to download on Android

About Us

Dateability was founded by sisters, Alexa and Jacqueline Child. Jacqueline, who is disabled due to chronic illness, experienced discrimination and offensive comments on the mainstream dating apps due to her disability. The sisters decided to change the social experiences of a population that has been overlooked and marginalized for far too long. Jacqueline and Alexa are dedicated to making Dateability the go-to platform for the disabled & chronically ill communities.

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The co-founders of Dateability, Alexa and Jacqueline Child smiling in front of green trees and grass. They are both wearing black sweaters with their arms crossed.

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Sweet Success

I became permanently disabled at age 55, in a bicycle crash. I stayed single and focused on my recovery for the last 8 years. Then I heard about Dateability from someone on Instagram so I did the thing! I matched with Howard (San Francisco) and we chatted on the app. I first became attracted to his sense of humor. We decided to go off app for phone calls on February 12. It went well. So well that when I needed a surgery on March 12, he bought a ticket to fly here, drive me to my procedure, and care for me a couple days before flying home. We got to know each other-a lot of the modesty stuff and boundaries were discussed beforehand- let’s just say it all worked out better than anticipated. He has Parkinson’s Disease and it turns out our abilities complement one another. As an example, Howard can drive while I have a sitting disability that makes driving painful. In return, my steady hand sometimes helps us enjoy eating together. -Leslie I want to express my gratitude to Dateability for primarily giving me the gift of hope. I tried other dating apps and was stymied when ever it came time to discuss my disease. I gave up hope and started isolating— isolating is an easy cop out that can eventually kill me. Fortunately Dateability helps people to bust the deadly isolation and reach out and connect with new friends. Aspects of my disease that make me unappreciated on other apps are not an obstacle on Dateability. -Howard
I’m sure you get a lot of these but I wanted to tell you my story anyway. I was an early user of your app. I saw a post from the20somethingspoonie and thought I’d give it a try. It was November of 2022. At first, probably because of the small pool, I wasn’t having much luck but then in the second week of December 2022, I received a like from a user named Jack. Now almost a year later, we are planning on moving in together in the next couple of months. Thanks to your app I found my soulmate. I never would have met him without it, as he lives 900 miles away. So many visits and months later, we still talk about how thankful we are to have met on your app. So even early on you helped a house bound 20 yr old with EDS, POTS, ME/CFS, and MCAS connect with the person she is sure that she will spend the rest of her life with. Thank you. -Sarah
How did the meet the love of my life you may ask? Well several months back about I would say around September/mid-October I decided to go back out there into the dating world and find someone who would be the “the perfect girl”. I tried all different apps ranging from my religion and etc. With having no luck I decided maybe I should embrace who I am as an individual. Thus finding a dating app where I let my disabilities like my epilepsy and heart conditions lead me to the love of my life. Dateability: an online dating app for those with a disability. That is what the app may say. But where I am as I write this. The better header should be: Dateability where your disability can lead you to a relationship like no other. With that I downloaded the app and after numerous attempts I stumbled on the love of my life Iffat.. Here we are months later still in love. -Suhayl I joined the app in summer and he reached out to me on the app and Instagram. It turns out that we both have seizures and heart issues so we could relate to each other a lot. At first, we couldn’t date because it’s difficult to date when you are chronically ill sometimes but after a while we realized that we are right for each other because we accept each other unconditionally. He’s so sweet he sends me really long good morning messages telling me all the things he loves about me. He makes me laugh and motivates me to keep going and not give up. The only issue is it’s long distance as I live in Canada and he lives in the US. We will slowly have to work on that but for the time being we text everyday and talk on the phone as much as possible. We told our parents recently about our relationship which was huge for us! It was so heartwarming that they accepted me even though I’m disabled and chronically ill I don’t get that a lot so it’s refreshing :) -Iffat