The fantasy of maternal autonomy and the disabled mother

Harriet Cooper

doi:10.16995/sim.296

The fantasy of maternal autonomy and the disabled mother

Harriet Cooper

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Abstract

What does it mean to choose to become a mother who cannot parent independently? What is it like to grapple with motherhood when one has a disability, in a culture which increasingly valorises maternal autonomy and choice? In this brief essay, I want to emphasise some of the ways in which maternal scholarship has helped me to navigate and make sense of my lived experience of disabled motherhood.

Original language	English
Article number	13
Journal	Studies in the Maternal
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.16995/sim.296
Publication status	Published - 8 Dec 2020

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