| Description |
1 online resource (428 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE IMPAIRMENTS EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN; MEN'S" ILLNESS OVERLOOKED IN WOMEN AND "WOMEN'S" ILLNESS MISDIAGNOSED OR DISMISSED; Women Living with Traumatic Brain Injury: Social Isolation, Emotional Functioning and Implications for Psychotherapy; African American Women Living with HIV/AIDS: Mental Health Issues; Chronic Pain Syndromes and Violence Against Women; Eating Disorders Among Urban and Rural African American and European American Women; DORMANT AND PART-TIME DISABILITIES |
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The Influence of Silent Learning Disorders on the Lives of WomenPart-Time Disabled Lesbian Passing on Roller Blades, or PMS, Prozac, and Essentializing Women's Ailments; PERSONAL AND INTERPERSONAL CONCERNS FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF DISABILITY: IMPACT ON IDENTITY; Chronic Disease Health Beliefs and Lifestyle Practices Among Vietnamese Adults: Influence of Gender and Age; Keep Moving: Conceptions of Illness and Disability of Middle-Aged African-American Women with Arthritis; To Be or Not to Be Disabled |
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ACCOMMODATION IN EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: APPLICATION OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACTADA Accommodation of Therapists with Disabilities in Clinical Training; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in the Workplace: An Invisible Disability; SEXUALITY ISSUES: "WHO?!," "NO!" AND "HOW?"; Representations of Disability and the Interpersonal Relationships of Women with Disabilities; "People Tell Me I Can't Have Sex": Women with Disabilities Share Their Personal Perspectives on Health Care, Sexuality, and Reproductive Rights |
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Sexual Options for People with Disabilities: Using Personal Assistance Services for Sexual ExpressionWORST CASE SCENARIOS: INTERSECTIONS OF GENDER, DISABILITY, ETHNICITY, CLASS AND SOCIAL DISAPPROVAL; Substance Abuse, Disabilities, and Black Women: An Issue Worth Exploring; Women with Physical Disabilities Who Want to Leave Their Partners: A Feminist and Disability-Affirmative Perspective; Prostitution and the Invisibility of Harm; EMPOWERMENT: USING CULTURE AND CONTEXT TO ENHANCE AND FACILITATE FEMINIST THERAPY; INTEGRATING SPIRITUALITY, HISTORY, AND WOMEN'S WAYS OF KNOWING INTO THERAPY |
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Prayer as Interpersonal Coping in the Lives of Mothers with HIVThe Call of the Wild Woman: Models of Healing; ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL: INTEGRATING MULTIPLE ISSUES INTO FEMINIST THERAPY FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES; Special Issues in Psychotherapy with Minority Deaf Women; Womanist Therapy with African American Women with Disabilities; Assessment, Treatment, and Rehabilitation for Interpersonal Violence Victims: Women Sustaining Head Injuries; Index |
| Summary |
This thoughtful collection addresses the issues faced by women with disabilities, examines the social construction of disability, and makes suggestions for the development and modification of culturally relevant therapy to meet the needs of disabled women. Written in an accessible style with a minimum of jargon, this book provides clinical material from the perspectives of psychotherapists, clients, personal assistants, and health administrators. Women with Visible and Invisible Disabilities also highlights the importance of considering age, ethnicity, and sexual orientation in its ex |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women with disabilities.
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Women with disabilities
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kaschak, Ellyn
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| ISBN |
9781317718826 |
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1317718828 |
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