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Women and Disability: Experience of Physical Disability (Women in Society)
Women and Disability Experience of Physical Disability - Women in Society Author:Susan Lonsdale This book describes the experience of physical disability through detailed interviews with women of different ages, races and socio- economic backgrounds, and explores the impact of gender on the process of being or becoming disabled. It considers the significance of physical disability for a woman's self image and its impact on her sexuality, r... more »elationships, marriage and childrearing. The extent to which inadequate provision for disability makes a woman dependent is also examined, as is the way in which women with disabilities have been rendered invisible.« less