Women with Disability: Violence and Conception

According to the World Health Organization disability is refered to as "any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function" as well as "any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being"; "handicap" refers to a disadvantage for a given individual, resulting from an impairment or a disability, that limits or prevents the fulfillment of a role that is normal (depending on age, sex, and social and cultural factors) for that individual( United Nations Division).
Violence against disabled women in other countries is more common within this society than that of women who are not disabled. Also, research has showed that disabled women are abused just as women who are not disabled. The extent of abuse is from caregivers, medical facilities, and people who are in constant contact with these women.
Conception and women with disability is not looked at in the same light. I have found that women who are disabled are not encouraged to reproduce. What needs to be understood is that the problem is not the disability because the disability does not lie in the impairment of function but instead in the area in the relationship with "normal people" (Crawshaw, 1994, 27).

Work Cite
Crawshaw, G. (1994) "Is there an urgent need for the development of a social model of impairment?". Australian Disability Review; Vol.4, pp.27-35.