ABSTRACT
The point of entry for this study began in “the everyday world” of activist mothers with disabled children. It examined how and why mothers of disabled children became activists, how their various encounters with social, health and educational services integrated with broader struggles for social justice and human rights, how this contributed to broadening their vision for their children's futures and what they did with this new consciousness. They came to recognize the importance of becoming advocates for change beyond their own families and to hold a notion of “good mothering” that included social activism. They went beyond the traditional confines of families, households and neighborhoods and contributed to building an organization to place their issues on a more public scale.
