The disability rights movement has also ignored issues of importance to women with disabilities and many feminists with disabilities have complained about its male domination and male orientation (Blackwell-Stratton, et al., 1988; Toews, 1985). Deegan and Brooks (1985: 1) have criticized the disability rights movement for directing most of its attention to male concerns while women's issues, such as child-bearing problems, have received little attention. They point out that, "Like many other social change movements, the disability movement has often directed its energies toward primarily male experiences." This makes many feminists with disabilities uneasy members of the disability rights movements, for example, Israel and McPherson (1983: 20), who describe how "Disabled feminists...feel uncomfortable in the disability movement because it is often male dominated and at times blatantly sexist."
