Great expectations: the significance of concepts of normality, care, and social support in cultural discourses of disabled motherhood

This paper addresses the topic of the pressures facing disabled mothers, bearing these cultural values in mind. It investigates the ways that different concerns affecting disabled women interact and shape choices about parenthood, especially those affecting the decision to remain childless or terminate a pregnancy, due to the mother’s impairment.

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