{"product_id":"unfit-parent-a-disabled-mother-challenges-an-inaccessible-world-paperback","title":"Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessica Slice\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A glorious, revelatory book.\"--Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of \u003ci\u003eAn Immense World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A beautiful, transformative book about being a parent in a world that rejects frailty and weakness.\"--Rachel Aviv, staff writer at the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA paradigm shifting look at the landscape of disabled parenting--the joys, stigma, and discrimination--and how disability culture holds the key to transforming the way we all raise our kids \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eUnfit Parent\u003c\/i\u003e, Slice debunks the exclusionary myths that deem disabled people \"unfit\" 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining her personal experiences with interviews, research-backed evidence, and disability studies, Slice shares insight into what the landscape is like for disabled parents--one that is scattered with unpredictable obstacles and inaccessible barriers, including: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do you find adaptive baby equipment? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do two disabled parents creatively keep their children safe?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do you get reproductive care when the medical system assumes you aren't able to have kids?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat is it like to be in public knowing that someone might call child protective services simply because a parent is disabled?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUplifting and powerful, \u003ci\u003e Unfit Parent\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Slice\u003c\/b\u003e is a disabled mother, author, and essayist whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times's Modern Love\u003c\/i\u003e column, in Alice Wong's bestselling \u003ci\u003eDisability Visibility\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, Glamour, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She is co-author, with Caroline Cupp, of \u003ci\u003eDateable: Swiping Right, Hooking Up, and Settling Down While Chronically Ill and Disabled \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThis is How We Play: A Celebration of Disability and Adaptation.\u003c\/i\u003e Follow her online at jessicaslice.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 504\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52469372289331,"sku":"9780807019238","price":40.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/K39Xp4sd-Y9780807019238.webp?v=1759391673","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/unfit-parent-a-disabled-mother-challenges-an-inaccessible-world-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}