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Bigger Than the Sky: Disabled Women on Parenting
Bigger Than the Sky Disabled Women on Parenting Author:Michele Wates This unique anthology challenges rigid, limiting views of what it means to be a disabled woman, and of what a parent is and does. Disabled women describe having to fight for the right to become pregnant, the poignant pleasure of teaching children the benefits of having a "different" mother; and the sheer delight of involving themselves in a chil... more »d's life. Whether it be a birth mother, an adoptive parent, a godparent, a friend, or a woman who has made a positive choice not to become a parent, these disabled women are asserting their right to explore the diversity of experience. And in breaking free of society's restrictive definitions and taboos, the writers in this collection demonstrate that the possibilities are limitless.« less