{"product_id":"unfit-parent-a-disabled-mother-challenges-an-inaccessible-world-1","title":"Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Jessica Slice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeacon Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4\/7\/2026, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cspan\u003e9780807022764\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A must for collections. This work offers much insight and interweaves the author's personal experiences with interviews with numerous parents with a variety of disabilities about their experiences.\" -- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A love letter to disabled parenting--an impeccably researched, reported, and referenced love letter--as well as an artfully drawn map of an exquisite, convivial society that can only be achieved with the creativity, skill, and joy of disabled people.\" -- Angela Garbes, author of \u003ci\u003eEssential Labor\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLike a Mother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is such a glorious, revelatory book. Jessica Slice cuts through all the judgment and stereotypes to reveal the truth: disabled people are, in many ways, uniquely suited to and skilled at parenthood and are sources of wisdom, ingenuity, courage, and joy that the entire world can learn from.\" -- Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/an-immense-world-how-animal-senses-reveal-the-hidden-realms-around-us-1?variant=50549875638555\" title=\"An Immense World\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Immense World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/disability-visibility-first-person-stories-from-the-twenty-first-century\" title=\"Disability Visability\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisability Visibility\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52234496934171,"sku":"Unfit Parent","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/81iFBT6-OdL._SL1500.jpg?v=1779144389","url":"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/unfit-parent-a-disabled-mother-challenges-an-inaccessible-world-1","provider":"Burning Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}