In deze bundel komen aspecten aan de orde, die speciaal in het leven van gehandicapte vrouwen een rol kunnen spelen, zoals identiteit, schoolervaringen, moederschap, abortus, incest, contacten met huisartsen, kinderen, die de zorg voor hun gehandicapte ouder dragen, benadering door onbekenden, discriminatie. De volgende bijdragen zijn opgenomen: Out of sight, out of mind: the experience and effects of a 'special' residential school / door Sally French: A stranger in many camps: the experience of disabled black and ethnic minority women / door Ayesha Vernon: Encounters with strangers: the public's responses to disabled women and how this affects our sense of self / door Lois Keith: Easy targets: a disability rights perspective on the 'children as carers' debate / door Lois Keith and Jenny Morris: Sexual abuse and disabled children / door Margaret Kennedy: Power in the house: women with learning difficulties organising against abuse / door The Powerhouse: Prenatal testing and the prevention of impairment: a woman's right to choose / door Ruth Bailey: Doctor, doctor...: disabled women's experience of general practitioners / door Nasa Begum: Out of order: madness is a feminist and a disability issue / door Julie McNamara: Including all of our lives. renewing the social model of disability / door Liz Crow.