Motherhood and Disability: Children and Choices

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
1 Disability: A Sociopolitical Construct......Page 17
The Functional Limitation Model of Disability......Page 18
Naming and Resisting Oppression: The Emergence of the Social Model......Page 21
Disabling Barriers and the Social Construction of Disability......Page 23
Disability in the Arts, the Media and in Daily Life: The Images That Surround Me......Page 27
Concluding Comments......Page 32
2 Sexuality, Disability and Women\'s Lived Experience......Page 38
Women with Disabilities and their Bodies: Culture, Flesh, and Lived Experience......Page 40
Girls with Disabilities: Messages, Perceptions and Experiences......Page 46
Relationships, Intimacy and Well-being for Women with Disabilities......Page 52
Concluding Comments......Page 61
3 Reproductive Choice and Motherhood in the Context of Physical Disability......Page 63
Women with Disabilities and Reproductive Choice......Page 64
Parental Disability and the Well-Being of Children......Page 72
Mothering with a Disability: Women\'s Lived Experience......Page 79
Concluding Comments......Page 90
4 The Research Process......Page 92
Research Paradigm......Page 93
Conducting the Research......Page 104
Methodological Reflections......Page 111
5 Growing Up as a Girl With a Disability......Page 117
It\'s a Girl…And She Has a Disability: What Does the Future Hold?......Page 118
Psychosexual Development: Messages, Perceptions, and Experiences......Page 123
Social Development: Relationships with Disabled and Non-disabled Peers......Page 129
Fighting for Self-Determination: Narratives of Risk and Survival......Page 134
Concluding Comments......Page 139
6 To Have Or Not To Have: Motherhood, Disability, and Choice......Page 141
Messages and Perceptions about Sexuality and Motherhood......Page 142
To Have or Not to Have: Weighing the Options......Page 146
Exploring Life With and Without Children: Separating Motherhood from Female Identity......Page 155
Concluding Comments......Page 161
7 A Ramp to Mothering......Page 163
The Very Beginning......Page 164
Negotiating Roles Within the Family: Informal Support Systems......Page 174
A Ramp to Mothering: Formal Support Systems......Page 182
Concluding Comments......Page 189
Promoting Growth and Enhancing Well-being in Children......Page 192
The Challenge of Setting Boundaries and Managing Children\'s Behavior......Page 197
Relationship With Children......Page 201
Concluding Comments......Page 208
9 Conclusions: Striving For Wellness......Page 211
Resilience and Wellness Promotion for People with Disabilities......Page 212
Girls with Disabilities: Risks, Protective Factors, and Possible Interventions......Page 217
Women Who Are Not Mothers: Risks, Protective Factors, and Possible Interventions......Page 224
Mothers with Disabilities and Their Families: Risks, Protective Factors, and Possible Interventions......Page 230
Concluding Comments......Page 237
References......Page 240
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