Feminism And Disability

Most women's lives are touched by disability, either their own limitations or those of someone for whom they care, and yet to a great extent the feminist and disability communities have failed to form a significant coalition or even to comprehend women's experiences of disability. Written from Barbara Hillyer's perspective as a teacher of feminist theory and the mother of a young woman with multiple disabilities, Feminism and Disability explores issues of vital concern both to women with disabilities and to women caregivers: body awareness, community and reciprocity, fatigue, the supposed dichotomy between nature and technology, codependence, and recovery programs.