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Literary Nonfiction. Disability Studies. Poetry. Art. This
collection brings together the diverse voices of women with various
disabilities. The women speak frankly about the societal barriers
they encounter in their everyday lives due to social attitudes and
physical and systemic inaccessibility. They bring to light the
discrimination they experience through sexism, because they are
women, and through ableism, because they have disabilities. For
them, the personal is definitely political. Here, Canadian women
discuss their lives in the areas of employment, body image,
sexuality and family life, society's attitudes, and physical,
sexual and emotional abuse. While society traditionally views
having a disability as "weakness" and that women are the "weaker"
sex, this collection points to the strength, persistence, and
resilience of disabled women living the edges.
This much-needed collection of original articles invites the reader
to examine the key issues in the lives of women with chronic
illnesses. The authors explore how society reacts to women with
chronic illness and how women living with chronic illness cope with
the uncertainty of their bodies in a society that desires
certainty. Additionally, issues surrounding women with chronic
illness in the workplace and the impact of chronic illness on
women's relationships are sensitively considered.
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