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I am a new PhD student researching attitudes towards disabled mothers.My research questions are concerned with 'attitudes', barriers, motherhood, and disability. If anyone knows of anything new and relevent in the field I would be grateful. Many thanks Jackie Chapman > -----Original Message----- > From: L-Soft list server at JISCMAIL (1.8e) [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 12 November 2002 15:20 > To: Jackie Chapman > Subject: You are now subscribed to the DISABILITY-RESEARCH list > > Tue, 12 Nov 2002 15:20:06 > > Your subscription to the DISABILITY-RESEARCH list (The > Disability-Research Discussion List) has been accepted. > > Please save this message for future reference, especially if this is the > first time you are subscribing to an electronic mailing list. 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