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Articles

*"Aboriginal Women with Disabilities." http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/disable6/prefac-e.html (11 Nov. 1999).

*Andrews, A.B. & L.J. Veronen (1993) "Sexual Assault and People with Disabilities. Special Issue: Sexuality and Disabilities: A Guide for Human Service Practitioners." Journal of Social Work and Human Sexuality, 8(2): 137-159.

*Basson, Rosemary (1998) "Sexual Health of Women with Disabilities." Canadian Medical Association Journal, 159(4): 359-362.

*Cooper, Margaret. "Empowerment and Women with Disabilities." http://www.wwda.org.au/empow.htm (11 Nov. 1999).

*Cottone, L. and R. Cottone (1992) "Women with Disabilities: On the paradox of Empowerment and the Need for a Trans-systemic and Feminist Perspective." Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling 23, 4: pp. 20-25.

*Currie, Diana. "Housing Issues for Women with Disabilities." Shelter NHA. Vol. 11, No. 3. June 1996. http://www.wwda.org.au/currie.htm (11 Nov. 1999).

*Feuerstein, Paul B. (1997) "Domestic Violence and Women and Children with Disabilities." New York: Milbank Memorial Fund.

*Glenn, Eddie. "African American Women with Disabilities: An Overview." http://www.dinf.org/pres_com/pres-dd/glenn.htm (7 Oct. 1999).

*"Having a Daughter with a Disability: Is it Different for Girls?" Number 14, October 1990. http://www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/girl_disability1.html (14 Nov. 1999).

*Hicks, Alastair. "The "Midas-Touch’: Food and Agro-Industries for Income Generation by Disabled People. July 1997. http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/ppdirect/Ppre0039.htm (12 Nov. 1999).

*Hurst, Rachel. "Forget Pity or Charity: Disability is a Rights Issue." 1998. http://www.dpa.org.sg/DPA/publication/dpipub/fall98/dpi14.htm (16 Nov. 1999).

*Jiménez, Rodrigo. "Under Pressures and Confusions: The Gender Identity in Disability Matters is Constructed." 1998. http://www.dpa.org.sg/DPA/publication/dpipub/fall98/dpi6.htm (16 Nov. 1999).

*Merkin, L. & M.J. Smith (1995) "A Community Based Model Providing Services for Deaf and Deaf-Blind Victims of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence." Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 8 (2-3): 45-58.

*Nakanishi, Yukiko. "Development and Self-Help Movement of Women with Disabilities." http://independentliving.org/docs5/Nakanishi.html (14 Nov. 1999).

*Niwa, Sam. "Recent Trends and Practices in Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of People with Disabilities." Asia & Pacific Journal on Disability, Vol. 1, No. 1. September 1997. http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/prdl/othr/z00ap/001/z00ap00105.htm (12 Nov. 1999).

*Nosek, M.A. & M.E. Young (1998) "Abuse of Women with Disabilities: Policy Implications." Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 8 (1,2): 158-175.

*O’Connor, Susan. "Disability and the Multicultural Dialogue." 1993. http://web.syr.edu/~thechp/multovw.htm (14 Nov. 1999).

*Pane, Lina. "Triple Disadvantage: Women from Non-English Speaking Backgrounds Living in Australia." 1994. http://www.wwda.org.au/nesb.htm (11 Nov. 1999).

*Pane, Lina. "Women – Moving Beyond the Disability." September 1995. http://www.wwda.org.au/moving.htm (11 Nov. 1999).

*Reyes-Zubiaga, Carmen. "Encouraging Women Through CBR: An Example from the Philippines." http://www.rehab-international.org/publications/Pages17-20.html (18 Nov. 1999).

*Roth, Helga. "Overview of the Conference ‘Self-determined Living for Disabled Women in Europe.’" http://www.independentliving.org/LibArt/WomensConference.html (19 Nov. 1999).

*Swift, Karin. "What is the Impact of Disability on Gender?" April 1998. http://www.wwda.org.au/impact.htm (11 Nov. 1999).

*"Telecommunications and Women with Disabilities." January 1999. http://www.wwda.org.au/telecom.htm (11 Nov. 1999).

*Tizun, Zhao. "Soci-Economic Status of Women with Disabilities in an Urban Community in China. 1995. http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/prdl/othr/apdrj/z13jo0200/z13jo0206.htm (12 Nov. 1999).

*Traustdottir, Rannveig. "Obstacles to Equality: The Double Discrimination of Women with Disabilities." July 1990. http://web.syr.edu/~thechp/womprt1.htm (16 Sept. 1999).

*Traustadottir, Rannveig. "Employment, Equality and Gender." September 1990. http://web.syr.edu/%7Ethechp/workgen.htm (4 Nov. 1999).

*Twimukye, Macline. "Regional Worskhops for Women with Disabilities held in Harare, Zimbabwe." 1998. http://www.dpa.org.sg/DPA/publication/dpipub/fall98/dpi19.htm (16 Nov. 1999).

*Whab, Fahmeeda. "Disabled Women in Rural Areas of the Region." July 1997. http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/ppdirect/Ppre0042.htm (12 Nov. 1999).

*"Women Walk on Water." (1996). Stockholm: Swedish Organization of Handicapped International Aid Foundation SHIA.

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Books

*Abu-Habib, Lina (1997) Gender and Disability: Women's Experiences in the Middle East. Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Oxfam c/o Humanities Press.

*Asch, A. & M. Fine (eds.) (1988) Women with Disabilities: Essays in Psychology, Culture, and Politics. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.

*Boylan, E. (1991) Women and Disability. London: Zed Books.

*Bramley, Jenny, John Elkins & Christa Van Kraayenoord (1990) Understanding Young Women with Disabilities. St. Lucia: University of Queensland.

*Browne, Susan (ed.) With the Power of Each Breath: A Disabled Women’s Anthology.

*Burns, A. August, Ronnie Lovich, Jane Maxwell and Katherine Shapiro (1997) When Women Have No Doctor. Palo Alto: The Hesperian Foundation.

*Campion, Mutki Jain (1990) The Baby Challenge: A Handbook on Pregnancy for Women with a Physical Disability. London: Tavistock Routledge.

*Cole, Sandra S., David B. Gray and Florence P. Haseltine (eds.) (1993) Reproductive Issues for Persons with Disabilities. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

*Degener, Theresia and Yolan Koster-Dreese (1995) Human Rights and Disabled Persons. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff.

*Disabled Women: An International Resource Kit. (1997) London: Disability Awareness in Action. http://empowermentzone.com/womenkit.txt (12 Nov. 1999).

*Driedger, Diane and Susan Gray (eds.) (1992) Imprinting Our Image: An International Anthology by Women with Disabilities. Charlottetown: Gynergy.

*Driedger, Diane, Irene Feika and Eileen Giron Batres (eds.) (1996) Across Borders: Women with Disabilities Working Together. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island: Gynergy Books.

*Epperly, Elizabeth R., Beth Percival and Houston Stewart (eds.) (1992) The More We Get Together: Women and Disability. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island: Gynergy Books.

*Fegan, Lydia and Anne Rauch (eds.) (1997) Sexuality and People with Intellectual Disability. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

*Frank, Gelya (1999) Venus on Wheels: Two Decades of Dialogue on Disability, Biography, and Being Female in America. Berkeley: U. of California Press.

*Harper, Malcolm and Willi Momm (1989) Self-Employment for Disabled People: Experiences from Africa and Asia. Geneva: International Labour Organization.

*Haseltine, F.P. et al (eds.) (1993) Reproductive Issues for Persons with Physical Disabilities. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

*Hillyer, Barbara (1997) Women and Disability. Tulsa: University of Oklahoma Press.

*Holcomb, Lillian and Mary E. Willmuth (1993) Women with Disabilities: Found Voices. New York: Harrington Park.

*Howe, Florence and Marsha Saxton (eds.) (1993) With Wings: An Anthology of Literature by and About Women with Disabilities. Feminist Press.

*Jarvinen, Rita, Pirjo Markkio-Palenius, Marja Pelkonen and Mella Villberg (1997) Disabled Women. Helsinki: National Association for the Disabled.

*Keith, Lois (ed.) (1996) ‘What Happened to You?’ Writing by Disabled Women.

*Kirk, Gwyn and Margo Okazawa-Rey (eds.) (1997) Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives. California: Mayfield Publishing Co.

*Krotoski, Danuta M., Margaret A. Nosek and Margaret A. Turk (eds.) (1996) Women with Physical Disabilities: Achieving and Maintaining Health and Well-Being. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

*Lewis, Cindy and Susan Sygall (eds.) (1997) Loud, Proud and Passionate: Including Women with Disabilities in International Development Programs. Eugene, OR: Mobility International.

*Lonsdale, Susan (1990) Women and Disability: the Experience of Physical Disability Among Women. Hampshire, United Kingdom: MacMillan.

*Loud, Proud and Passionate: Including Women with Disabilities in International Development Programs. (1997) Mobility International USA.

*Morris, Jenny (1996) Encounters with Strangers: Feminism and Disability. London: The Women's Press.

*Nosek, M.A. (1996) Women with Physical Disabilities: Achieving and Maintaining Health and Well-Being. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

*Rogers, Judith and Molleen Matsumura (1991) Mother-to-Be: A Guide to Pregnancy and Birth for Women with Disabilities. New York: Demos Publications.

*Saxton, Marsha and Florence Howe (eds.) (1987) With Wings: An Anthology of Literature by and about Women with Disabilities. New York: The Feminist Press.

*Sobsey, D., D. Wells, R. Lucardie & S. Mansell (eds.) (1995) Violence and Disability: An Annotated Bibliography. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

*Tremain, Shelley (ed.) (1996) Pushing the Limits: Disabled Dykes Produce Culture. Toronto: The Women's Press.

*We Can Make it: Stories of Disabled Women in Developing Countries. (1997) Geneva: International Labour Office.

*Wendell, Susan (1996) The Rejected Body: Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability. London: Routeldge.

*A Woman’s Guide to Coping with Disability. (2nd ed.) (1997) Lexington, MA: Resources for Rehabilitation.

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Journals and Publications

*Able (active, beautiful, loving, exquisite, disabled) Women – Quarterly publication from U.S.A.

Contact:

Abled! Newsletter
12211 Fondren, Suite 703
Houston, TX 77035
U.S.A.
Tel.: +1-713-726-1132

*Asia & Pacific Journal on Disability-Vol. 1, No. 1, September 1997.  http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/prdl/othr/z00ap/001/z00ap00101.htm

*Boadicea – Disabled Women’s Newsletter from the United Kingdom. http://www.gn.apc.org/womeninlondon/boadicea.htm

Contact:

c/o GLAD
336 Brixton Road
London, SW9 7AA
United Kingdom
Tel.: +44-171-346-5800/Fax.: +44-171-346-5810/Minicom: +44-171-346-5811

*Disability Frontline – Newsletter of the Southern Africa Federation of the Disabled (SAFOD)

Contact:

P.O. Box 2247
130 Chitepe Street
Bulawayo
Zimbabwe
Fax.: +263-9-74398

*Dykes, Disability and Stuff.  http://tps.stdorg.wisc.edu/MGLRC/Groups/DykesDisabilitiesStuff.html

Contact:

Madison Gay/Lesbian Resource Center
P.O. Box 1722
Madison, WI 53701-1722
U.S.A.

*International Rehabilitation Review - Special Issue on Women and Girls. Vol. 48, Issue 1. January-June 1997. http://www.rehab-international.org/publications/toc.html

*Gender and Disability Policy – Special issue of The Journal of Disability Policy. Published in 1997

Contact:

Department of Rehabilitation Education and Research
University of Arkansas
346 N. West Avenue
Fayetteville, AR 72701
U.S.A.
Fax.: +1-501-575-3253

*Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine (JGSM) http://www.mmhc.com/jgsm/index.shtml

*She Can – Biannual Magazine concerning women with disabilities in the Asia-Pacific Region

Contact:

Anuradha Mohit, Editor
National Association of the Blind
Sector 5
R.K. Puran
New Delhi 110 022
India

*Whirlwind Network News

Contact:

Whirlwind Wheelchair International
School of Engineering
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
Tel.: +1-415-338-6277/Fax.: +1-415-338-1290
E-mail: whirlwind @ sfsu.edu

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Web links to bibliographies and other resources

*Active Women

http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/slv/exhibitions/celebration/women.htm

*Books, Articles and other Resources

http://www.cuo.edu/women/hbooks.htm

*Disability International: Networking & Resources

http://www.dpa.org.sg/DPA/publication/dpipub/fall98/dpi32.htm

*Rehabilitation International: New Publications By and For Women Books, Manuals

http://www.rehab-international.org/toc.html

*TRI Online! Bookstore – Women & Disabilities

http://www.idsi.net/tri/bk30.htm

*Women and Disabilities: Sexual Health Network

http://www.sexualhealth.com/library/women%20and%20disability.htm

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