Summary
Women with disabilities are increasingly becoming pregnant, and may be as likely to become pregnant as women without disabilities. Growing research suggests pregnancy in women with disability is associated with an increased risk for adverse perinatal outcomes. Although a few studies have examined disability-related disparities in adverse birth outcomes, finding increased risk of low birthweight, preterm birth, and neonatal intensive care unit admission, the mechanisms for these associations are not well understood. One plausible mechanism is the increased risk of psychosocial stress experience
