Women with Disabilities
Disabilities can be visible or invisible. The definition of disability is someone who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
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Recommended Books on Women with Disabilities

Working Against the Odds: Stories of Disabled Women's Work Lives

M.G. Mason and R. Garland-Thompson (2004)

Describes the viewpoints, struggles, strategies and triumphs of eighteen women with a range of physical and sensory impairments.

 

A Woman's Guide to Coping with Disabilitiy

Resources for Rehabilitation (2003)

Provides an overview of all aspects of all aspects of women's lives and how disability affects them as workers, homemakers, parents and caregivers.  Addresses necessities such as driving, obtaining adequate medical care, enjoying recreation and travel, and personal concerns related to sexuality, pregnancy and childbirth.

 

With Wings: An Anthology of Literature by and About Women with Disabilities

Marsha Saxton and Florence Howe, eds. (2003)

More than 30 writers capture the human striving for dignity, self-expression, love and independence of women with disabilities.

 

Enabling Romance: A Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships for People with Disabilities (and the People Who Care About Them)

Ken Kroll and Erica Levy Klein (2001)

Considered by many to be the “Joy of Sex“ for people with disabilities.  The book candidly covers: shattering sexual stereotypes; building self-esteem; creative sexual variations; reproduction and contraception for people with disabilities; and specific information on various physical and sensory disabilities.

 

 

Women & Disabilities

North Carolina Office on Disability and Health

NC Health Info - Disabilities

Women with Disabilities (National Women's Health Information Center)

Women with Disabilities (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)

Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities (Centers for Disease Control)

Exercising with a Disability (Mayo Clinic)

Abuse of Women with Disabilities (National Women's Health Information Center)

Health Promotion for Women with Disabilities (Villanova University, PA)

Guide to Disability Rights Law (U.S. Department of Justice)

Disabilities (MedlinePlus)

DisabilityInfo.gov (Federal Website)

National Center on Physical Activity and Disability

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