Maternity Rolls: Pregnancy, Childbirth and Disability
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (787 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1552663426 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.. About the AuthorHeather Kuttai has been spinal cord injured for more than three decades. She is the founder of Disability Services for Students at the University of Saskatchewan; the recipient of the YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Leadership and Management, and a member of the Saskatchewan Sport Hall of Fame
Opened my eyes Maternity Rolls was an excellent book that opened my eyes to seeing the world of disability in a different light. I discovered that while there is much I could share in commom with Heather as a mother, we are worlds apart as well. Heather shares an intimate view of what it was to have experienced pregnancy and childbirth as a woman in a wheelchair. We claim to celebrate diversity in our country but I can see where our society is designed for an able-bodied 30 year old man. If you believe or have ever said that every one
Heather Kuttai has been spinal cord injured for more than three decades. She is the founder of Disability Services for Students at the University of Saskatchewan; the recipient of the YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Leadership and Management, and a member of the Saskatchewan Sport Hall of Fame. She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
The author, a paraplegic, tells about her own hunt for medical advice before getting pregnant—and then about the normal births of her two children—before widening the conversation to other disabled women and sympathetic members of the medical community.. Combining ethnology and memoir, this fascinating book describes the issues surrounding childbirth and motherhood for disabled women