| Description |
1 online resource (235 pages) |
| Series |
New Approaches in Sociology |
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New approaches in sociology.
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| Contents |
Disability, Mothers, and Organization Accidental Activists; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter One Accidental Activists and the Canadian Association for Community Living; Chapter Two Categories and Constructs: The Mothering Role and Activist Mothering; Chapter Three Founding the Organization; Chapter Four The Activist Mothers; Chapter Five The Campaign to Close Institutions; Chapter Six The Campaign to Secure Human Rights; Chapter Seven Listening in Stereo to Activist Mothers; Chapter Eight The Imprint of Activist Mothers; Appendix:Resolutions; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book examines how and why mothers with disabled children became activists. Leading campaigns to close institutions and secure human rights, these women learned to mother as activists, struggling in their homes and communities against the debilitating and demoralizing effects of exclusion. Activist mothers recognized the importance of becoming advocates for change beyond their own families and contributed to building an organization to place their issues on a more public scale. In highlighting this under-examined movement, this book contributes to the scholarship on Disability Studies |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135903794 |
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1135903794 |
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