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The current paper seeks to examine the experiences of women with disabilities due to biological, psychological, economic, social, political and cultural attributes associated with being female. It attempts to unveil the socio-cultural causes to the patterns of disadvantage associated with the differences in the social position of women in society. It describes in detail the impact of disability on girls and women from a gender lens and makes intersections between gender, disability and mental health by demonstrating a link between emotional challenges and psychological struggle involved in living with impairments in disabling environments and within an ablest society. It attempts to study how various psychosocial challenges may create risk factors and vulnerabilities, all of which can contribute to experiences of mental distress for disabled women in their lives.
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Thakur, A. (2020). The Intersectionality of Gender, Disability and Mental Health. In: Anand, M. (eds) Gender and Mental Health. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5393-6_7
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