Disability, the family, and society : listening to mothers / Janet Read.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series editor's preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. A neglected minority: an overview of policy and research -- The UK policy context -- Literature and research: an overview -- Concluding comments -- 2. Twelve West Midlands mothers -- The study -- The women and their circumstances -- On being a mother -- Mediation -- Consequences -- Concluding comments -- 3. The things that mothers do -- Mothers, fathers, parents or families -- Caring at home -- Going out in public -- Mothers' perceptions of their children -- Involvement with service providers -- How mothers manage -- Concluding comments -- 4. Theorizing motherhood, mothering and caring -- Introduction -- Images of mothers: points of view -- The legacy of psychoanalysis -- Mothers as reproducers of the dominant social order -- Motherhood, when different is good -- Mothers in their own right -- Understanding caring -- Concluding comments -- 5. Living in a hostile context -- The development of theories of discrimination and oppression -- The question of impairment -- The question of diversity -- Dehumanization, devaluation and exclusion -- The oppressive dimensions of service provision -- Disabled people gaining ground -- Concluding comments -- 6. Mediators and allies on the ground -- Mother blaming -- Mothers as allies on the ground -- Moving to the other side of the track -- The experience of mediation: hazards, dilemmas and positive achievements -- Concluding comments -- References -- Index.