The Contributions of the Australian Government in Meeting the Health Needs of Queensland Women with Physical Disabilities

This article overviews the Australian federal and state government disability strategies, as well as the Women's Health Centres' contributions, in meeting the health needs of Queensland women with physical disabilities. It also explores one of the least considered intersections of multiple identity discourses—feminism and disability studies and argues that access to health and related services is an equity issue that must be addressed in particular ways for women with physical disabilities. In fact, it elaborates how our women's health services still largely continue to see the needs of women with disabilities as too narrow for their attention and our disability services continue to see their clients as ungendered and untouched by sociopolitical constructions of gender.