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Unfit parent : a disabled mother challenges an inaccessible world / Jessica Slice.
"Navigating the joys, stigma, and discrimination of disabled parenting-and how the solutions offered by disability culture can transform the way we all raise our kids"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780807013243 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 204 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Boston, MA : Beacon Press, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Discrimination against people with disabilities. Parents with disabilities. Sociology of disability. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Personal narratives. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | 306.874087 Sli | 31681010418101 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"Navigating the joys, stigma, and discrimination of disabled parenting-and how the solutions offered by disability culture can transform the way we all raise our kids"-- - Random House, Inc.
"Beautiful and razor-sharp…cannot recommend highly enough."
âAnn Helen Petersen, Culture Study
"Cuts boldly and beautifully through that silence, inviting readers to imagine what our world might look like if we met every family where they are."
âVogue
âA beautiful, transformative book about being a parent in a world that rejects frailty and weakness.ââRachel Aviv, staff writer at the New Yorker
A paradigm shifting look at the landscape of disabled parentingâthe joys, stigma, and discriminationâand how disability culture holds the key to transforming the way we all raise our kids
In Unfit Parent, Slice debunks the exclusionary myths that deem disabled people âunfitâ to care for their children, instead showing how disabled parents and disability culture provide valuable lessons for rejecting societal rules that encourage perfectionism and lead to isolation.
Combining her personal experiences with interviews, research-backed evidence, and disability studies, Slice shares insight into what the landscape is like for disabled parentsâone that is scattered with unpredictable obstacles and inaccessible barriers, including:- How do you find adaptive baby equipment?
- How do two disabled parents creatively keep their children safe?
- How do you get reproductive care when the medical system assumes you arenât able to have kids?
- What is it like to be in public knowing that someone might call child protective services simply because a parent is disabled?
In overcoming these challenges, she describes how disabled parents are oftentimes more prepared to adapt to the demanding nature of parenthood, including the uncertainty of losing control over bodily autonomy.
Uplifting and powerful, Unfit Parent illuminates how disabled bodies and minds give us the hopeful perspectives and solutions we need for transforming a societal system that has left parents exhausted, stuck, and alone.
