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I am currently a Masters student at Leeds University. I am based at the Centre for Disability Studies and my degree title is ‘Disability and Gender.’ My chosen dissertation topic is to look at pregnancy among disabled women. Because there is a limit to the size of project that I am able to undertake, I have chosen to focus my research on pregnancy among women with physical and sensory impairments, in particular. I am very keen to talk to any women who may be able to help me. I am aware this may be a sensitive topic for some women and will respect the wishes of the women involved if they do not want to share certain experiences and of course all respondents will be kept anonymous. I am very flexible regarding how I can conduct the research, I can send questionnaires, telephone interviews, use instant messenger, email and visit individuals providing they are in the UK, this can be determined by the participants and what they feel comfortable with. My research will focus on, what if any, attitudinal and structural barriers disabled pregnant women face throughout their pregnancy and after the birth of their child. I would also be interested to discuss the support and reactions women have encountered from the wide range of health and social care professionals involved throughout their pregnancy and again after the baby is born. If anyone can assist me in this research I would be most grateful and anxious to hear from you, your help and contributions will be treated with respect. Similarly if anyone knows of someone who maybe able to talk to me but is not on this list please could I ask of you to forward this email. For your information my dissertation supervisor is Dr Angharad Beckett (School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds) and she can be contacted if anyone wishes to clarify my topic or discuss anything whatsoever with her regarding this request. Her email address is: A.E.Beckett@leeds.ac.uk Many thanks in advance and I look forward to hearing from you, Victoria Radcliffe contact email : ss07ver@leeds.ac.uk
Hello, my name is Kate Chapman and I am co-writing a piece of theatre about pregnancy and disability for ‘Women & Theatre’ a Birmingham-based theatre company, which will have its first performance at the International Midwives Conference in June in Glasgow. All our work is made by gathering women’s stories around a particular experience, mixing them up and turning them into theatre. For this one we are really keen to hear the experiences women with impairments have had of pregnancy, birth and feeding. Positive and negative are welcome. We are interested in your experiences of health professionals and medical services, but also your own reflections on how pregnancy and childbirth affected your life in other ways. Did you give birth to aspects of yourself? Did it change your relationship with your body/soul in ways that surprised you? Did it change the perceptions of those around you? Whether your experience was last year or 50 years ago, and everything in between, we would love to hear from you. We are especially keen to make contacts with women in the West Midlands so we can have the possibility of meeting up with you. You can contact me by email – chapman25 @ btinternet.com or ring me on 07812 853889. If you want to check out the company look up www.womenandtheatre.co.uk for more information and contact numbers. Look forward to hearing from you!
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