Caring to Overcome Differences, Inequities, and Lifestyle Pressures:

Blackford, Karen A.

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“…For example, accessible, safe, and conveniently located housing is important to all mothers, but for women with disabilities, this need is compounded in specifically disabling ways. Many of the women with disabilities in this study described concerns that relate to the increased likelihood of women with disabilities experiencing poverty (Blackford, 1999;Grue and Laerum, 2002;Thomas, 1997). They spoke about living in homes that were too small, too noisy, too crowded and too close to busy streets or questionable neighbours.…”

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“…In the public sphere, disabled women's mothering is often constrained by poverty, inadequate housing and the inaccessibility of public spaces (Blackford, 1999;Grue and Laerum, 2002;Thomas, 1997). In addition to barriers in the economy and the built environment, mothers with disabilities face stigmatizing public perceptions of them as inadequate or inappropriate in the role of mothering.…”

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Negotiating the Dependency/Nurturance Tightrope: Dilemmas of Motherhood and Disability*

Malacrida

2007

Canadian Review of Sociology

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La ferninit6 normative place les m&res dans une situation difficile, entre la dkpendance et la tendance a se dkvouer; d'un c M , les bonnes meres devraient btre dependantes dans une relation avec un mhle pourvoyeur. Inversement, elles devraient fournir de bons soins par un maternage actif, habile ainsi que par leur engagement. Cette condition pose des defis aux femmes ayant une incapacitb et dont la dependance a l'egard d'un partenaire masculin peut entrainer de la, vulnerabilite par rapport a l'abus, alors que de la dependance envers 1'Etat peut decouler de la pauvrete et de la surveillance. L'auteure explore les dilemmes que les meres handicapees rencontrent pour concilier leur position de d6pendance par rapport aux besoins de leurs enfants d'btre maternes. Compliquant les conceptions negatives de la dependance, plusieurs femmes ont decrit comment certaines relations de dependance leur ont apport6, a elles et a leurs enfants, des reseaux positifs de soutien.Normative femininity offers mothers a tightrope of nurturance and dependency. On the one hand, good mothers should be dependent through a relationship with a male provider. Conversely, they should provide nurturance through active, involved and expert mothering. This tightrope poses challenges to women with disabilities whose dependency on male partners can bring vulnerability to abuse, while dependency on the state can result in poverty and surveillance. This article explores the dilemmas disabled mothers face, reconciling their position of dependency against their children's need for nurturance. Complicating negative conceptions of dependency, many women described how some relations of dependency provided them and their children with positive networks of support. WESTERN NORMS CONCERNING MOTHERHOOD AND FEMINITY offer women a tightrope upon which to balance dependency and nurturance. On* The author would like to thank the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for its generous funding of this project. This article would not have been possible without the research assistance of Tiffany Boulton, Lynette Schick, Jill Veenendaal and Michelle Volkart. Finally, I would like to express my appreciation to Bonnie Fox for her comments on earlier drab, and to Ralph Matthews and the three anonymous reviewers who provided outstanding comments and suggestions. This manuscript

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Negotiating the Dependency/Nurturance Tightrope: Dilemmas of Motherhood and Disability*

Malacrida

2007

Canadian Review of Sociology

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“…Feldman and Tegart (2003) provided considerations from the perspectives of women with disabilities who are simultaneously providing care and trying to avoid the need to receive it. Blackford (1999) discussed the benefits of mutuality for members of a caregiving dyad. flects ancestry that breached natural laws.…”

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Disability in the Family: A Life Span Perspective.

Banks¹

2003

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

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This article provides an overview of disability in families. The goal of the article is to raise awareness of the status of people with disabilities and their families to develop culturally relevant psychological support. Families have widely varying perspectives on disability; those perspectives influence responses to disability from the preconception and prenatal developmental stages through old age. An international literature review is provided with consideration of cultural meanings of disability, preparation for dealing with disability, coping strategies, support, developmental dynamics, competing needs of family members, and ethics. Voices of people with disabilities and their families are included.

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Caring to Overcome Differences, Inequities, and Lifestyle Pressures:

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Negotiating the Dependency/Nurturance Tightrope: Dilemmas of Motherhood and Disability*

Negotiating the Dependency/Nurturance Tightrope: Dilemmas of Motherhood and Disability*

Disability in the Family: A Life Span Perspective.

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