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Hi all, Please find below, information on a newly published book called - 'Defiant Birth : Women Who Resist Medical Eugenics' by Melinda Tankard Reist. It is an anthology of stories by women who have had disabled children and disabled women who have had children. I am Thalidomide Impaired, and my own story 'Just Crash Through' about having our son James, is published in the book. At the moment it is only available in Australia, but is due to be published here in the UK and in the USA in May or June. Below the information about the book, is an order form for those who may wish to order a copy! Please also feel free to circulate this information on your own Networks. Regards. Rosie. Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds RMS Disability Issues Consultancy E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web Site: www.rms-consultancy.co.uk *New Release* Defiant Birth: Women Who Resist Medical Eugenics Melinda Tankard Reist 'In the face of widespread discrimination against the disabled and a eugenic culture which pathologises disability and crushes diversity, comes a new book which radically challenges the status quo. Defiant Birth: Women Who Resist Medical Eugenics, tells the personal stories of women who have given birth despite medical expectations - women who were told they shouldn't have babies because of a perceived disability in themselves or some imperfection in the child. They have confronted the stigma of disability and in the face of silent disapproval and even open hostility, had their children anyway, in the belief that all life is valuable and that some are not more worthy of it than others. This is a book about women who have dared challenge the utilitarian medical model/mindset. Disparaged and treated as pariahs for departing from accepted medical wisdom they have chosen non-compliance with medical/social prejudice and defiantly said yes to their babies, and no to the cult of perfection.' ORDER FORM Fax or mail your completed form to: SPINIFEX PRESS PO BOX 212 NORTH MELBOURNE VIC 3051 AUSTRALIA Fax: +61 3 9329 9238 Tel: +61 3 9329 6088 Email: [log in to unmask] Name: _____________________________________________________ Postal Address: _______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Telephone Number: ____________________________________________ Fax Number: _________________________________________________ Email: ______________________________________________________ ISBN Title Price Qty Price 1-876756-59-4 Defiant Birth $27.95 _____ ________ Postage ($4 in Aust. $10 International) ________ TOTAL _____ ________ *All prices are in Australian dollars* Payment method: If paying by cheque, please make out to Spinifex Press, and post to the address above. Or: Visa/ Bankcard/ Mastercard (please circle) Credit card number: ________ / ________ / ________/ _________ Expiry date: ____ / ____ Name on credit card: _________________________________________________ Signature: _________________________________________________________ Spinifex Press titles are also available at all good bookstores or via www.spinifexpress.com.au Tel: (03) 9329 6088 Fax: (03) 9329 9238 Email: [log in to unmask] 504 Queensberry Street, PO Box 212, North Melbourne VIC 3051 ________________End of message______________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about the list administratione should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.