TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY REHABILITATION WITH GAY AND LESBIAN INDIVIDUALS, ROBERT L. MAPOU, JOURNAL OF HEAD TAUMA REHABILITATION, 1990, VOL 5(2), P67-72.

Rehabilitation professionals frequently assume that an individual in a brain-injury program is heterosexual without having asked direct questions about life style. Benign neglect of issues germane to sexual orientation may impede progress and lead to depression, decreased self-esteem, and decreased self-confidence. This article provides an introduction to issues with which professionals working in brain-injury rehabilitation programs should be familiar when treating gay or lesbian individuals.

ACCESS LIMITED: AN EXPLORATION INTO WHY DISABLED LESBIANS ARE SO INVISIBLE WITHIN THE LESBIAN COMMUNITY, YVON APPLEBY, JANUARY 1990, STAFFORDSHIRE PLYTECHNIC.

THE DEAF GAY/LESBIAN CLIENT: SOME PERSPECTIVES, DANIEL J. LANGHOLTZ, MARIE EGBERT RENDON, JOURNAL OF AMERICAN DEAFNESS & REHABILITATION ASS, 1991-92, VOL 25(3), P31-34.

The role of the gay/lesbian person in the deaf culture and communication problems which contribute to or interfere with self acceptance as well as family or community acceptance are the focal points for this article. Changes that have been made in the deaf culture and in the culture at large in respect to sexual identity issues and the comparison of communities (deaf to gay/lesbian) are also outlined. Although not addressing every aspect of the issues surrounding the deaf, gay/lesbian client, this article provides suggestions for counselors and others who may be confronted with these issues.

LESBIANS WITH DISABILITIES, CORBETT JOAN O'TOOLE, JENNIFER L. BREGANTE, SEXUALITY AND DISABILITY, 1992, VOL 10(3), P163-172.

There is a severe lack of information on sexuality for any woman with a disability. Often, what is available is limited to material on birth control and child delivery. For women who are disabled and lesbian, vertually no written information exist and health care workers seldom feel comfortable discussing the topic. Lesbians with disabilities have the responsibility to discuss sexual preference with their health care workers. Yet, there is much to lose. This paper discusses the issues of being lesbian and disabled as well as the unique attitudes of health care workers toward both disability and homosexuality.

DISABLED WOMEN AND THE FEMINIST AGENDA, NASA BEGUM, 1992, FEMINIST REVIEW NO 40, P71-84.

LESBIANS WITH DISABILITIES, CORBETT JOAN O'TOOLE, JENNIFER L. BREGANTE, SEXUALITY AND DISABILITY, 1992, VOL 10(3), P163-172.

There is a severe lack of information on sexuality for any woman with a disability. Often, what is available is limited to material on birth control and child delivery. For women who are disbled and lesbian, virtually no written information exists and health care workers seldom feel comfortable discussing the topic. Lesbians with disabilities have the responsibility to discuss sexual preference with their health care workers. Yet, there is much to lose. This paper discusses the issues of being lesbian and disabled as well as the unique problems faced by their partners. Finally, the article discusses negative attitudes of health care workers toward both disability and homosexuality.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO ME, ROSIE WAITE, GOSSIP NO 1, ONLYWOMEN PRESS, 1986, P46-53.

STRANGLING LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE, A REVIEW OF WITH THE POWER OF EACH BREATH, A DISABLED WOMEN'S ANTHOLOGY, LILIAN MOHIN, GOSSIP NO 1, ONLYWOMEN PRESS, 1986. P54-59.

VULNERABLE IN THE HANDS OF OUR CARERS, KATH GILLESPIE SELLS, WOMEN'S HEALTH INFORMATION CENTRE NEWSLETTER, AUTUMN 1987.

DIFFERENCES: THE CHALLENGE, GEN - CHALLENGING HETEROSEXISM, MARCH 1987, P70-71.

LESBIAN TALES, ANON, "LISN" NO 6, JANUARY 1988.

A JOURNEY WITH AGORAPHOBIA: ESPECIALLY FOR ALL LESBIANS WHO SUFFER FROM AGORAPHOBIA, SANDRA LUCILLE, LISN NO 13, AUG 1988.

DISABILITY WORKSHOP AT LESBIAN ARCHIVE SUMMER SCHOOL, SANDRA LUCILLE, LISN NO 14, SEPTEMBER 1988.

TALES, 18 YEAR-OLD AGORAPHOBIC, LISN, NO 17, DECEMBER 1988.

DISABLED WOMEN TAKE CENTER STAGE, WRY CRIPS, OFF OUR BACKS, NOV 1992, P9.

SPECIFIC ISSUES ON SEX AND DISABILITY, LESBIAN SEX, JOANN LOULAN, SPINSTERS INK, 1984. P275-288.

SUE, WHITE, NON-IRISH, GENTILE, MIDDLE CLASS, LESBIAN MOTHER WITH DISABILITIES, ALL IN A DAY'S WORK, LESBIAN EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS, 1986, P17-18.

RACHEL, WHITE, JEWISH LESBIAN WITH DISABILITIES, ALL IN A DAY'S WORK, LESBIAN EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS, 1986, P44-47.

... SOMETHING POWERFUL AND STRONG, MIRIAM, OUT TO OURSELVES, THE LIVES OF IRISH LESBIANS AND GAY MEN, DUBLIN LEESBIAN AND GAY MEN'S COLLECTIVE, 1986, P93-95.

DISABILITY, LESBIAN COUPLES, D. MERILEE CLUNIS & C. DORSEY GREEN, SEAL PRESS, 1988, P202-218.

DISABILITY, ALIVE & WELL, A LESBIAN HEALTH GUIDE, CUCA HEPBURN WITH BONNIE GUTIERREZ, THE CROSSING PRESS, 1988, P211-214.

OI! WHAT ABOUT US? KIRSTEN HEARN, RADICAL RECORDS, THIRTY YEARS OF LESBIAN & GAY HISTORY, ED BOB CANT AND SUSAN HEMMINGS, ROUTLEDGE, 1988 P116-127.

DISABILITY, CHANNEL 4 TELEVISION, 1992.

GEMMA

WE'RE COUNTING ON EQUALITY, MONITORING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WORKPLACE IN RELATION TO SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, SEXUALITY, HIV/AIDS, AND AGE, MAREE GLADWIN, CITY CENTRE, 32-35 FEATHERSTONE ST, LONDON, EC1Y 8QX.

LESBIAN AND GAY ISSUES: A RESOURCE MANUAL FOR SOCIAL WORKERS, H.

HILDAGO, T.L. PETERSON AND N.J. WOODMAN, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF

SOCIAL WORKERS, 1980. INCLUDES:

PEOPLE WHO ARE GAY OR LESBIAN AND DISABLED, KIRBY WOHLANDER AND MARLA A. PETAL, P38

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