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A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities
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The entire book is now available for download:
- 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
- Backmatter: Appendix, List of difficult words, To learn more
- Index
