Reproductive Health Care For Women With Disabilities

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A Guide from the Center for Research on Women with Disabilities
at Baylor College of Medicine
 
Welcome.  This guide is written to inform you and the millions of other women with disabilities about reproductive health care.  It is written to specifically address your concerns.  Like eating right and keeping fit, reproductive health care helps you stay active so you can do the things you want to do.  It is an essential service that you and every other woman need.  Unfortunately, a recent study showed that women with physical disabilities are less likely to receive reproductive health care and are often denied services because of their disabilities. You can help ensure that you get the quality reproductive health care that you deserve by learning about your body and your needs.  This guide is written to help you do just that.
 

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Links To Other Sites:
We have written this site with the assumption that you have some understanding of reproduction.  If you want to review the basics, click here to link to an introductory guide from Planned Parenthood.  If you would like more information on the issues we discuss, the web has several other excellent sites on women’s health.  Unlike our site, these links are not written specifically for women with disabilities; however, they do have plenty of useful information.  Some of our favorites are the New York Times Special Section on Women’s Health and Planned Parenthood’s extensive web site. 
 

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Margaret Nosek, Ph.D., Director of The Center for Research on Women with Disabilities(CROWD)
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After you have finished reading each  lesson, please click on the Next Lesson.
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References & Disclaimer

Last Modified February 2001

Written and Designed by Stephanie Pendergrass and Margaret Nosek Ph.D. 
Copyright 2000 Center for Research on Women with Disabilities

We welcome any questions or comments.  Please contact us at crowd@bcm.tmc.edu

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