Access Instantly Women And Disability: The Double Handicap Articulated By Mary Jo Deegan Displayed As Paper Copy

Jo Deegan, PhD'
Editor

From our pages Spring/: "It

is estimated that over eighteen million women are physically disabled.
This collection of theoretical essays and empirical studies documents the range of psychological, sociological, and economic barriers disabled women encounter and suggests ways to alleviate the multitude of problems facing these women and those who care for them.
" The special needs of women with disabilities have been disregarded in a wide variety of vital areas, Issues pertain to women as wives and mothers, Studies of the effects on female sexuality of such conditions as renal disease and diabetes are lacking, though the sexual functioning of men with these diseases has been researched.
On the economic front, the FederalState Vocational Rehabilitation system and the regulations concerning disability benefits under Social Security provide less adequately for women than for men.
Hopefully, this volume will raise the consciousness of its readers to the special status of women with disabilities as a minority group experiences multiple sources of discriminations.
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