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?Disabled Mothers brings together disability studies? perspectives and the lived experiences of mothering and being mothered. It gives life to issues of body, state control, freedom, racism, sexism, and the familial networks of care and belonging in new and radically accessible ways. Disabled Mothers is essential reading for those who want to open their imaginations to the various ways the life of disability and that of mothering engage us, touch us, and make us re-think what we thought we knew about maternal relations and embodiment.? ?TANYA TITCHKOSKY, OISE of the University of Toronto, Author of Disability, Self and Society ?The strength of this collection is the breadth and scope of the coverage on the subject of mothers with disabilities. Alternating between research studies and personal essays, this book provides important information and readability.? ?MARY GRIMLEY MASON, PhD Professor of English emerita Resident Scholar, Brandeis University's Women's Studies Research

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"Dr. Gloria Filax is an educator and activist whose work concentrates on issues like global education and human rights. Her most recent publication a book is from UBC Press titled Queer/ Youth in the Province of the ""Severely Normal.” She teaches and designs online courses for Athabasca University in the Master of Arts—Integrated Studies Program. She lives on Gabriola Island."

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