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A wheelchair-bound man who was repeatedly rejected on Tinder after women discovered his disability has penned a brave Facebook post - and received an amazing response.

Jack Hunter-Spivey, who was born with cerebral palsy and has been in a wheelchair his entire life, says he is frustrated that women often just feel sorry for him and say 'aww'.

In the past, the 22-year-old, from Liverpool, Merseyside, claims Twitter users have stopped speaking to him on the popular dating app after finding out he's in wheelchair.

Now, he has courageously taken to social media to ask what people really think about dating and wheelchairs, and whether women would date someone like him.

And the reaction has left him stunned.

Jack, a Paralympic table tennis player, has been overwhelmed by hundreds of women calling him "hot" and "bloody handsome" and insisting his disability wouldn't put them off.

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"I was stunned with the amount of people saying how good looking I was," he said.

"I wasn't expecting it."

The young man had felt compelled to write the Facebook post.

He asked fellow users: "Honest opinion guys... would you date someone in a wheelchair? And what are your first thoughts of a disabled person when you see them?

"Don't worry I won't get offended by the answer just genuinely interested in people's thoughts. For anyone wondering my willy is indeed in full working order."

After being inundated with dating offers, Jack revealed he is planning to meet up with one of the women soon, after getting to know her since making the post.

"I've had a lot of girls inboxing me since saying, 'it doesn't matter about your wheelchair, you're really hot'," he said.

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"[In the past] I've had people on Tinder who won't talk to me after they find out I'm in a wheelchair.

"I have had past relationships. It is sometimes a struggle to go out and meet people when they see that you are in a wheelchair.

"I'm just like every other person my age and don't have much trouble initially talking to girls but it is their preconceptions of people in a wheelchair that is sometimes annoying.

"That they have to feel sorry for me in some way and it comes across sometimes like they are doing a good deed.

"Sometimes when I am in a club, girls just go 'aww'. It doesn't really get to me that much but it can be really annoying. I've never really gotten down about being disabled."

Just 24 hours after making the online post on September 9, Jack had received more than 20 messages from women saying how attractive he was or asking to date him

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Since then, there has been a steady stream of them.

"The Facebook post was great because all the girls weren't bothered that I am in a chair they were just all commenting on my looks," Jack said.

"I was really overwhelmed. I just wanted to know what people thought but the response has been incredible. It made me feel really good.

"I'm quite a confident person anyway I was just genuinely curious about people's perceptions. I wasn't begging for attention I was just happy to have some.

"My friend who is also in a wheelchair was really made up with the comments."

Jack received more than 250 comments from women on his post, with most of them agreeing that being in a wheelchair wouldn't put them off dating somebody.

The table tennis player has since been speaking to one of the women in particular and they are planning to meet up to get to know each other better.

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One of the commenters wrote: "Just because someone is in a wheelchair doesn't make them any different. Still the same beautiful person inside and out."

Another posted: "Hook me up with him he's gorgeous."

A third said: "You know what, it's sad you even have to ask.

"Being in a wheelchair doesn't make you less of a person and I wouldn't have any worries about dating someone in a wheelchair."

A fourth user told Jack he was "bloody handsome".

"Wheelchair or not, it doesn't matter to me," they wrote.

"If you're a nice person and have things in common, you're a keeper. Besides you're bloody handsome so you have no worries."

And one replied: "100% yes, especially someone that good looking."