WOMAN WITH DISABILITY. Myths and realities on the relationships of couples and during maternity

Women with disability do not want to be the object of compassion. Frequently they are represented with images of weakness, of forced subordination, of suffering, of poor quality of life. However, in place of these, their common characteristics are those of struggle, non resignation and of having realised their plans in keeping with their times. This book presents the experience of a group of women with disability, to explain their perception on values, beliefs and social mores about themselves; identifies the possible discrimination and demands that condition their development and contrasts the differences, considering the differences in age and type of disability. The knowledge of their reality helps question the established opinion on this theme and bring about social transformation.