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Visibility is a requirement of neoliberal postfeminist girlhood and social media is often attributed with the capacity to provide disabled young women with visibility that they lack elsewhere. While some attention has been paid to the intersections of gender and disability through the self-presentations of disabled young women who are known as disabled content creators, such as bloggers and YouTubers, this article goes beyond this to examine how disabled young women represent themselves on social media as part of their everyday practices. Using a combination of discursive textual analysis of Twitter and Instagram accounts and semi-structured interviews with five disabled young women, I explore how affordances such as Twitter retweets play a key role in how disabled young women navigate their visibility online as part of their self-presentation practices. I argue that visibility is potentially risky and disabled young women's social media use is shaped by concerns about harassment and questions about the 'legitimacy' of their disabled identities that operate at the intersections of gender, disability and race, stemming from their experiences of 'systemic disbelief'. Finally, I situate these self-representation practices within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Youth Leadership Circle is a transnational group of young women and girls with disabilities from across Southern spaces who come together to learn and to develop their leadership skills. In this paper, we explore our experiences supporting this group and the decolonial possibilities and struggles that emerge through this work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author reflects on the effect of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) on the disability and Jewish community. Topics discussed include her experiences as a girl with disability before the ADA, passages from Jewish written and oral teachings that offer guidance on responding to people with disabilities, and the necessity for a Torah-based approach to legal protections for Jews with disabilities in light of the insufficiency of the protections offered by host countries.

Young women with disabilities face multiple barriers that limit their career pathways. Little research has been conducted to examine how cognitive constructs of career self-efficacy and outcome expectations contribute to their future aspirations. This study examined direct relationships between career self-efficacy and outcome expectations on future aspirations, mediating effects of autonomy and self-realization on these relationships, and moderating effects of mental health on these links for young women with disabilities. Although existing research on social cognitive career theory has focused on career self-efficacy, results from this study indicated that outcome expectations might have an even stronger influence on future aspirations. Mental health barriers negatively impact future aspirations of the study's sample. Limitations and implications for research and practice were discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study examined the attributes of sexual violence against girls and young women with disabilities in the northern part of Ethiopia. In order to reach the proposed objective, six in-depth interviews were conducted with young women with disabilities who were survivors of sexual violence experienced during their adolescence and their caregivers. The study focused on vulnerability factors, situations of perpetrators, effects of sexual abuse and coping strategies. The results revealed that women with disabilities became victims of sexual violence because they are perceived as defenceless and live under poor protection. Disability and poverty are additional risk factors leading to gender-based violence. It was also found that the topic of sexual violence was a taboo in the respective neighbourhoods. Furthermore, the sexual violence was repeated and more severe for some, and it caused never-ending psychological, educational, social, economic, and health problems for all of the participating interviewees. The capability approach was used to reflect on the individual situations of the interviewees. The aim was to analyse contributing factors and consequences of this severe injustice against girls and women with disabilities, as well as to reflect on possible measures to restore capabilities and enable functionings by addressing important conversion factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the situation and livelihood of displaced young women living with disabilities in Mandela displaced camp in January 2018. Mandela area is located in southern Khartoum. The camp is poor outskirt inhibited by displaced persons who were recently transferred from Nuba Mountain due to the war in that area. Qualitative techniques were utilized to trace 10 young women with disabilities using snowball sampling techniques. In-depth interviews were used to collect data form the target women. The total number of interviewee women was ten; the majority of whom are less than 25 years old. The researchers found out that disability affected the life of these young women due to several factors including: The stigma associated with disabilities, difficulty to access transportation, interaction with community and difficulties to meet the basic needs of this vulnerable group. Young women interviewed identify different types of discrimination they faced as disabled young displaced women. The study concluded that Women experience a higher prevalence of disability world-wide, and women with disabilities remain among the most marginalized, vulnerable members of society. Disabled women face obstacles and challenges arising from the triple barriers of gender displacement and disability. It is clear that there is a need for support for these women and girls in terms of rights, protections and needs. The study recommended additional training and workshops to generate income for the disability centers by the ministry of social welfare. Further studies on people with disabilities are needed to identify the needs and the obstacles of disable person. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sexual health and autonomy, and the often violent ways in which these are suppressed, are critical women's human rights issues. The process of ensuring that women enjoy their sexual and reproductive rights, including sexual health and freedom from HIV, is particularly challenging for persons with disabilities and most especially women with disabilities. This paper applies a human rights and gender lens to the sexuality and HIV-related vulnerabilities of young women with disabilities in Uganda. Widespread misperceptions about the sexual behaviours of women with disabilities, exposure to violence and exclusion from health promotion activities and health services, render women with disabilities, particularly young women with disabilities, disproportionately vulnerable to HIV and impede the full realisation of their sexual and reproductive health and rights. While limited protections exist for people with disabilities in Uganda, and some efforts have been made to provide appropriate services, the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of health services for this population group remains low, with a deleterious impact on their health and rights. This article calls for measures that strengthen the ability of young women with disabilities to prevent HIV infection and that promote responsiveness of the health system (as well as services in other sectors) to the sexual and reproductive health needs of this population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates the perspectives of young women with disabilities in Jordan, focusing on their self-regulation. 16 young women, aged 18 - 22, with visual (VI), hearing (HI) impairments and physical disability (PD), were recruited using a snowballing technique. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews, which were analysed thematically. Two main themes emerged where findings show that disability affects self-regulation where there was an overlap between local cultural perspectives in understanding disability of young women, disability and gender in understanding self-regulation of women with disabilities. Disability and gender also influence women with disabilities self-regulation with respect to self-learning, setting goals, self-evaluation, self-monitoring, making decisions and self-reinforcement. Findings will add to the current debate and efforts to understand disabilities in women and lay the groundwork for initiating a campaign in Jordan concentrating on the importance of self-regulation in young women with disabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article was to explore how young women with physical impairments make use of technology in their identity construction, drawing on the metaphor of the cyborg as well as on science and technology studies and disability research. In addition to participant observation, semi-structural interviews were conducted and video diaries were kept of the women playing sledge hockey, wheelchair basketball or table tennis. The informants included their wheelchairs in constructing their identities as young women and active subjects. In talking about pleasure and strength, they opposed the discourse that characterizes disabled people as leading empty, tragic lives. They challenge stereotypical notions of gender in sport by displaying determination, strength and risk-taking, while embodying a more traditional femininity when resisting the widespread view of disabled women as non-gendered and asexual. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To explore how underlying disability affects treatments and outcomes of disabled women with breast cancer.Data Sources: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program data, linked with Medicare files and Social Security Administration disability group.Study Design: Ninety thousand two hundred and forty-three incident cases of early-stage breast cancer under age 65; adjusted relative risks and hazards ratios examined treatments and survival, respectively, for women in four disability groups compared with nondisabled women.Principal Findings: Demographic characteristics, treatments, and survival varied among four disability groups. Compared with nondisabled women, those with mental disorders and neurological conditions had significantly lower adjusted rates of breast conserving surgery and radiation therapy. Survival outcomes also varied by disability type.Conclusions: Compared with nondisabled women, certain subgroups of women with disabilities are especially likely to experience disparities in care for breast cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As girls with severe cognitive developmental delay progress into puberty and become young women with learning disabilities, concerns about menstruation are common amongst carers and health care professionals are often consulted for advice. Very little, however, has been published on this area to guide the practitioner and studies are almost exclusively confined to the gynaecological literature. We aim to give an account of the various therapeutic options available and current practice within the paediatric endocrinology unit at our institution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article introduces the creative writing component of the Young Women's Program (YWP), a comprehensive health and wellness program that serves young women, ages 14-21, with physical disabilities. The YWP is a part of the Initiative for Women with Disabilities (IWD), a hospital-based center in New York City serving women across the life span with physical disabilities/conditions. The goal of the YWP, established in 2006, is to help young women develop a better sense of self and respect and honor their bodies by adopting healthy lifestyles. The creative writing workshop of the YWP, True Story Project: I Am Heard (TSP) focuses on helping select program participants find their voices and share their stories through writing. This article describes the design, content and purpose of TSP, shares several of the young women's narratives, and includes a reflective analysis by the young women and facilitators of their experiences in the program and its impact on their lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]