Barbara Waxman Fiduccia

Barbara Waxman Fiduccia
Born(1955-04-01)April 1, 1955
DiedApril 24, 2001(2001-04-24) (aged 46)
Alma materCalifornia State University
Known forDisability rights activism, reproductive rights activism
SpouseDan Fiduccia (married 1996)

Barbara Faye Waxman Fiduccia  (April 1, 1955 – April 24, 2001) was an American disability activist, author, and educator.

Waxman Fiduccia was born with spinal muscular atrophy and used an external ventilation system until she had a tracheostomy in 2000.[1]

Biography

She studied at California State University, graduating in 1978 with a degree in psychology, and then went on to work for Planned Parenthood[2] and the Los Angeles Regional Family Planning Council.[3]

She published Disability Feminism: A Manifesto[4] and the second Multiplying Choices: Improving Access to Reproductive Health Services for Women with Disabilities both spoke to her commitment to providing sexual and reproductive healthcare to women with disabilities. She also published articles and papers relating to disabilities and reproductive rights.[5][6]

She was married to Dan Fiduccia in 1996. Fiduccia also used a wheelchair as a result of childhood cancer. They fought the Social security Administration for their right to be married without losing the Medicaid and Medicare benefits she needed to stay alive.[7]

Death and legacy

Eighteen days after Fiduccia died of cancer in 2001,[8] Waxman Fiduccia died of a ventilator malfunction.[3] The Center for Women Policy Studies, where she had been a senior associate, sponsored an online series of academic papers in memory of Waxman Fiduccia between 2011 and 2012.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Barbara Waxman Fiduccia" (PDF).
  2. ^ Holmes, Steven A. (July 4, 1991). "Abortion Issue Divides Advocates for Disabled (Published 1991)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Gellene, Denise (December 4, 2020). "Overlooked No More: Barbara Waxman Fiduccia, Reproductive Rights Advocate". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Disabled Women on the Web". www.disabilityhistory.org. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "ON EDGE". www.raggededgemagazine.com. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  6. ^ Fiduccia, BFW (1999). "Sexual Imagery of Physically Disabled Women: Erotic? Perverse? Sexist?". Sexuality and Disability. 17 (3): 277–282. doi:10.1023/A:1022189224533. S2CID 140304428.
  7. ^ Mathews, Jay (July 10, 1994). "DISABLED COUPLE FACES BENEFITS CUT". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  8. ^ magazine, STANFORD (September 2001). "He Took Adversity Head-On". stanfordmag.org. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  9. ^ "On-line series: Barbara Waxman Fiduccia papers on women and girls with disabilities | Eldis". www.eldis.org. Retrieved December 20, 2020.