| Women and Disability: The Double Handicap Contributor(s): Deegan, Mary Jo (Author) |
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ISBN: 113851800X ISBN-13: 9781138518001 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Medical - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 362.408 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.55 lbs) 158 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Federal-State 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Deegan, Mary Jo: - Mary Jo Deegan is professor of sociology at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She is the author of Jane Addams and the Men of the Chicago School, winner of a Choice Outstanding Book Award, and Self, War, and Society and editor of Essays in Social Psychology and On Art, Labor, and Religion. |