ABSTRACT
Mothers with disabilities cover a wide range of being in this world including illness. Disability may be hidden or visible and disabled mothers may be birthmothers, stepmothers, co-mothers, or adoptive mothers. Discussion of who counts as disabled and the various theoretical models (individual/medical, social, and cultural models) provide context to understand disability. Drawing on critical issues we explore how these models shape disability, the disabling of the disabled, what we can learn from disabled mothers, the challenges and possibilities facing mothers with disabilities, how/if disabled mothering offers insights to feminist practices of mothering, and what the future may hold. We conclude with a discussion of how disabled mothers need, like most mothers, support, nurturance, and care.
