Disability, Gender and the Trajectories of Power

This Book Argues For The Rights Of Women With Disabilities, Who Live On The Periphery Of Society And Seeks To Eradicate The Exclusion And Stigma That Are Part Of Their Lives.The Volume Brings Together The Perspectives Of Academicians And Activists In Trying To Understand The Various Social Issues Faced By Women With Disabilities And Argues For A Society Where They Are Not Denied Of Respect, Equality And Justice.It Fills The Gap In The Existing Feminist Research And Seeks To Influence The Way In Which Society Treats Women With Disabilities. This Book Will Interest Scholars And Researchers In The Field Of WomenS Rights, Disability Rights And Rehabilitation.Table Of Contents:Preface And Acknowledgments Introduction: Gendering The Disability Framework Part I: Disability A Gendered Problematic And Conceptualization A Gendered Perspective Of Disability Studies Upali Chakravarti Women With Disabilities: How Do They Fare In Our Society? S B Agnihotri Amrita Patel Women With Psychosocial Disabilities: Shifting The Lens From Medical To Social Nilika Mehrotra And Mahima Nayar Part Ii: Human Experiences And Agency I Feel Normal Inside. Outside, My Body IsnT! Malini Chib What Is The Intersection Between Oppression Of Women And Psychiatric Oppression? Tina Minkowitz Tale Of Married Women With Disabilities: An Oxymoron Reality Santoshi Halder A Disabled MotherS Journey In Raising Her Child Sandhya Limaye Developmental Disability And The Family: Autism Spectrum Disorder In Urban India Shubhangi Vaidya Part Iii: Toward Nondiscriminatory Gendered Strategies Yes, Girls And Women With Disabilities Do Math! An Intersectionality Analysis Stephanie Ortoleva Gendered Constructions Of Work And Disability In Contemporary India: Discursive And Empirical Perspectives Renu Addlakha Legal Capacity And Civil Political Rights For People With Psychosocial Disabilities Bhargavi V Davar Epilogue: Transforming Invisibilities And Obscure Directions Index