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A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities

Written in collaboration with women with disabilities in over 40 developing and developed countries, this handbook aims to help women and girls with disabilities to care for themselves; improve their general health, capabilities and self-reliance; and participate more effectively in their communities. Subjects include: mental health, family planning, pregnancy and childbirth, self-defence, organising for disability-friendly health care and support for care givers. Chapter Five, “Caring for Your Body”, provides advice on how to eat well, how to avoid anaemia, and gives examples of different ways to exercise. There is also guidance on how to deal with pressure sores and monthly periods. Chapter Seven on “Sexuality” discusses sexual feelings, what makes a good relationship and different ways to be physically intimate. Information is presented in an accessible language, with illustrations. There is a section on medicines, an appendix which explains difficult words, and advice throughout on how to challenge discriminatory attitudes. This handbook is useful to girls and women with disabilities, health workers, family members and caregivers.

**Click on the chapter numbers below to view/ download the pdf version of the book.

Front matter: How to use this book, Contents, Introduction
Chapter 1: Disability and the Community
Chapter 2: Organizing for disability- friendly health care
Chapter 3: Mental Health
Chapter 4: Understanding your body
Chapter 5: Taking care of your body
Chapter 6: Health exams
Chapter 7: Sexuality
Chapter 8: Sexual health: Preventing sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS
Chapter 9: Family planning
Chapter 10: Pregnancy
Chapter 11: Labor and birth
Chapter 12: Caring for your baby
Chapter 13: Growing older with a disability
Chapter 14: Abuse, violence, and self-defense
Chapter 15: Support for Caregivers
Greenpages: Information about general medicines
Backmatter: Appendix, Taking care of equipment (hearing aids, wheelchairs, etc), Learning basic sign language (finger spelling), List of difficult words, To learn more
Index

The handbook is published by Siyanda, an on-line resource of gender and development materials from around the world.

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THOMASJACOB · Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject:

Vikas, Though this topic was meant for women with disabilities I still did check out because I am an avid reader of health related issues too, and I admit that this link is really something superb it contains all information in a capsule. I always was in search of a topic on American Sign Language and got the same too from the "BackmatterSection" here it self. Thanks for posting.

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srividyaa · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: Hand book for women

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Srividyaa

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