| Description |
1 online resource (140 pages) |
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text file |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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 significant model for all parents. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women with disabilities.
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Women with disabilities. |
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Mothers.
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Mothers. |
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Mother and child -- Health aspects.
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Mother and child. |
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Disability awareness.
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Disability awareness. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Mothers. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Mason, Mary Grimley. Taking Care : Lessons from Mothers with Disabilities. Lanham : University Press of America, ©2012 9780761859697 |
| ISBN |
9780761859703 (electronic book) |
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0761859705 (electronic book) |
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1299747825 (e-book) |
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9781299747821 (e-book) |
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9780761859697 |
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0761859691 |
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