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Disabled Mothers Disabled Mothers Stories and Scholarship by and about Mothers with Disabilities Edited by Gloria Filax and Dena Taylor Copyright©2014DemeterPress Individualcopyrighttotheirworkisretainedbytheauthors. Allrightsreserved. Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformbyanymeans withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher. ThepublishergratefullyacknowledgesthesupportoftheCanadaCouncilforthe Artsforitspublishingprogram. DemeterPresslogobasedonthesculpture“Demeter”byMaria-LuiseBodirsky <www.keramik-atelier.bodirsky.de> PrintedandBoundinCanada. LibraryandArchivesCanadaCataloguinginPublication Disabledmothers: storiesandscholarshipbyandaboutmotherswithdisabili- ties/editedbyGloriaFilaxandDenaTaylor. Includesbibliographicalreferences. ISBN978-1-927335-29-1(pbk.) 1. Parentswithdisabilities. 2. Mothers. 3. Parenting. I.Filax,Gloria,1951-,edi- torofcompilationII.Taylor,Dena,editorofcompilation HQ759.912.D582014 306.874087 C2014-900839-2 DemeterPress 140HollandStreetWest P.O.Box13022 Bradford,ONL3Z2Y5 Tel:(905)775-9089 Email:[email protected] Website:www.demeterpress.org ForthetwoMurielsinmylife: MymotherMurielAlcornMacIntyreFilax (November9,1921—December15,2012) MysisterMurielJuneFilaxChimiuk (June5,1949—December8,2013) Withlove,laughter,andsorrow, —Gloria AndforBeckyandAnna, whocontinuetoteachandsurpriseme —Dena Table of Contents Introduction 1 GloriaFilaxandDenaTaylor ConsideringMotherhood 19 1 “WhereDoBabiesComeFrom?”:MeetingJoanneandKyle: aReflectiononMothering,DisabilityandIdentity 21 SamanthaWalsh 2 ScrutinizingandResistingOppressiveAssumptionsaboutDis- abledParents 31 ChristinaMinaki MotheringwithDisabilities 49 3 MotheringinSilence:HistoricalPerspectivesonDeafness,Mar- riage,andMotherhood 51 R.A.R.Edwards 4 It’saMiracle 71 KatharineHayward vi TABLEOFCONTENTS 5 UseofAidsandAdaptationsinChildcareforMotherswith SpinalCordInjury 87 AnitaKaiser,KathrynBoschenandDeniseReid 6 EmbodyingmyPassions:BecomingaRadicalFeministMother 109 MichelleTichy 7 MotherswithFetalAlcoholSpectrumDisorder: ANeedfor LongTermSustainedServices 121 KarenNielsenandAnnMarieDewhurst 8 Sybil 139 MeredithPowell 9 DisablingMothers:ConstructingaPostpartumDepression 155 LyndaR.Ross 10 MyDaughter,MySelves?Motherhood,Multiplicity,andthe CreationofMeaning 177 KristinaPassmanNielson 11 IdealMotherhoodandSurveillance:YoungMotherswithIn- tellectualDisabilitiesShareTheirStories 195 AmandaMalone MotherswithMultipleSocial“Stigmas” 215 12 CenteringtheBroken,BrownBody: ReflectionsonDisabil- ity,RaceandMotherhoods 217 SeemaBahl 13 MotherhoodExperiencesofRacializedDisabledWomen 233 BahjaNassir 14 Non-existent&StrugglingforIdentity 255 VickyD’Aoust vii TABLEOFCONTENTS DisabledMothersandtheJudicialSystem 275 15 DisabledMothers:Misadventures&MotherhoodintheAmer- icanCourts 277 EllaCallow 16 UnrulyMothersorUnrulyPractices?DisabledMothersSur- vivingOppressiveStatePracticesinAustralia 295 CarolynFrohmader,HelenMeekoshaandKarenSoldatic TheChild’sPerspective 315 17 DisabledMothers:PerspectivesofTheirYoungAdultChildren 317 PaulPrestonandJeanJacob 18 LearningHowtoSwim:FindingMeaninginDisabilityfrom aDaughter’sPerspective 339 GinaBlankenship Resources 349 AuthorBiographies 353 viii PermissiontoreprintChapter14,“Non-existent&Strugglingfor Identity”authoredbyVickyD’Aoust(deceased)hasbeengrantedby KatherineArnup.Thischapterfirstappearedinthe1995GynergyPress booktitled ,Editor, LesbianParenting: LivingwithPride&Prejudice KatherineArnup.
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