Women with intellectual disabilities : finding a place in the world / edited by Rannveig Traustadóttir and Kelley Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rannveig Traustadóttir, 1950-

Johnson, Kelley, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women with mental disabilities.

Women with mental disabilities--Psychology.

Women with mental disabilities--Case studies.

Women with mental disabilities--Social conditions.

Local Subjects:

Women with mental disabilities--Psychology.

Women with mental disabilities--Case studies.

Women with mental disabilities--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

303 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000.

Contents:

Finding a place... / Kelley Johnson, Rannveig Traustadottir 9

Part I Finding a Place in Families 25

1. What is life like? / Tamara Kainova, Maria Cerna 28

2. Discovering a sister / Rosemary West 34

3. Coming home / Janka, Jana Hankova, Sonia Holubkova 52

4. Unhappy families: Violence in the lives of girls and women / Missy Morton 63

5. Life without parents: Experiences of older women with intellectual disabilities / Christine Bigby 69

Part II Finding a Place in Relationships 87

6. Family, marriage, friends and work: This is my life / Janice Slattery, Kelley Johnson 90

7. Learning from and with women: The story of Jenny / Kristjana Kristiansen 106

8. Friendship: Love or work? / Rannveig Traustadottir 118

9. Consent, abuse and choices: Women with intellectual disabilities and sexuality / Michelle McCarthy 132

Part III Finding a Place in Work 157

10. We like working / Tamara Kainova, Maria Cerna 160

11. Gina's story / Sonia Teuben, Maude Davey 162

12. My leadership career / Nancy Ward, Bonnie Shoultz 172

13. The social meaning of work: Listening to women's own experiences / Kristjana Kristiansen 182

14. Caring: A place in the world? / Jan Walmsley 191

Part IV Finding a Place in Communities 213

15. My life in L'Arche / Pat Felt, Pam Walker 217

16. Intersecting cultures: Women of color with intellectual disabilities / Susan O'Connor, Ellen Fisher, Debra Robinson 229

17. Thirty nine months under the Disability Discrimination Act / Amanda Millear, Kelley Johnson 239

18. Motherhood, family and community life / Hanna Bjorg Sigurjonsdottir, Rannveig Traustadottir 253

...in the world / Kelley Johnson, Rannveig Traustadottir 271.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-295) and indexes.

ISBN:

1853028460

OCLC:

42736478