TY - BOOK AU - Read,Janet TI - Disability, the family, and society: listening to mothers T2 - Disability, human rights, and society SN - 0335203108 (pbk.) AV - HQ759.913. R38 2000 U1 - 306.87430941 PY - 2000/// CY - Philadelphia, PA PB - Open University Press KW - Parents of children with disabilities KW - Great Britain KW - Mothers KW - Children with disabilities KW - Social conditions KW - Services for KW - Family relationships KW - Social advocacy N1 - 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 ER -