Taking Care : Lessons from Mothers with Disabilities.

Taking Care, based on twenty-six interviews and other autobiographical narratives, challenges the negative stereotypes about mothers with disabilities. These women's stories tell of their successes despite the barriers they encounter from the society in which they live. This book will provide a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mason, Mary Grimley
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : University Press of America, 2012.
Subjects:
Women with disabilities.
Mothers.
Mother and child > Health aspects.
Disability awareness.
People with disabilities.
Mother and child.
Mothers
Disabled Persons
Mother-Child Relations
Femmes handicapées.
Mères.
Sensibilisation à la situation des personnes handicapées.
Personnes handicapées.
Mère et enfant.
mothers.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Having a Child; 2 Care Giving and Mothers with Disabilities; 3 Meeting the Outside World; 4 Family Relationships and Community; 5 What Mothers with Disabilities Know; 6 Public Policy and Mothers with Disabilities; Works Cited; Selected Bibliography.

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