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Multiplying Choices:
Improving Access to Reproductive Health
Services for Women with Disabilities
Barbara Waxman Fiduccia
Berkeley Planning Associates
Oakland, CA 94610, USA
Tel: (1-510)465-7884; Fax: (1-510)465-7885
Web: www.berkeleypolicyassociates.com
Excellent book compiled by disabled women describes
their concerns regarding health services, offers
suggestions to meet the reproductive health needs
of women with disabilities. Has information on the
Americans with Disabilities Act, and offers lists of
books and articles about sexual and reproductive
health for women with disabilities.
Reproductive Issues
for Persons with Physical Disabilities
F. Haseltine, S. Cole, and D. Gray (eds.)
Paul H. Brooks Publishing Co.
P.O. Box 10624
Baltimore, Maryland, 21285-0624, USA
Tel: (1-410)337-9580; Fax: (1-410)337-8539
Web: www.brookespublishing.com
Written for professionals, caregivers, researchers and
individuals with disabilities, it provides research
findings and personal stories exposing myths
surrounding disability and reproductive issues.
South African Women’s Health Book
Order through: Heinemann Publishers
Grayston Office Park, 128 Peter Road
PO Box 781940 Sandown
Johannesburg, South Africa 2146
Tel: (27-11)322-8660
Fax: (27-11)322-8715 or -8716
Comprehensive information on women’s health
in South Africa including stories from women in
local communities. Includes chapters on gender,
culture, healthy living, violence, work, sexuality, and
reproductive health.
The Disabled Woman’s Guide
to Pregnancy and Birth
Judith Rogers, Demos Medical Publishing
386 Park Avenue South, Suite 301
New York, NY 10016, USA
Tel: (1-212)683-0072
Tel from US (toll free): (1-800)532-8663
Fax: (1-212) 683-0118
Web: www.demosmedpub.com/default.
aspx?page_id=0
Pregnancy and childbirth information for women
with disabilities. Revised and re-titled version
of Mother To Be: A Guide to Pregnancy and
Birth for Women with Disabilities. Based on the
experiences of 90 women with disabilities who chose
to have children.
The Kenyan’s Deaf Peer Education Manual
Sahaya International, USA
c/o Koen Van Rompay
2949 Portage Bay Avenue, Apartment #195
Davis, CA 95616, USA
Tel:(1-530)756-9074
Web: www.sahaya.org
A training manual with activities for basic
understanding of sexual health, HIV and AIDS.
Welner’s Guide to the Care
of Women with Disabilities
Sandra L. Welner and F. Haseltine
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
530 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Guide for caregivers focusing on management
of pain, osteoporosis, anesthesia, incontinence,
infertility, depression and psychotropics, substance
abuse, and hormonal management. Also addresses
more fundamental issues such as nutrition, sexuality,
exercise, physical examination, etc.
A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities 2007