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.
This book integrates the role of gender in girls' and women's development across the life span, looking specifically at internal and external vulnerabilities and risks, and the protective or supportive factors that facilitate effective coping, positive growth, strength and resilience. The interaction between physical, psychological, and cultural factors is integrated within each period of development. The book emphasizes how gender socialization of female development and behavior impacts self-evaluation and identity processes within various cultural groups. The authors also discusses the social roles that girls and women reflectively adopt and describe how externally induced risks such as poverty, interpersonal abuse, and violence influence a healthy development.