We've got this : stories by disabled parents
2021
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How do two parents who are blind take their children to the park? How is a mother with dwarfism treated when she walks her child down the street? How do Deaf parents know when their baby cries in the night? When writer and musician Eliza Hull was pregnant with her first child, like most parents-to-be she was a mix of excited and nervous. But as a person with a physical disability, there were added complexities. She wondered--Will the pregnancy be too hard? Will people judge me? Will I cope with the demands of parenting? More than 15 per cent of Australian households have a parent with a disability, yet their stories are rarely shared, their experiences almost never reflected in parenting literature. In We've Got This, twenty-five parents who identify as Deaf, disabled or chronically ill discuss the highs and lows of their parenting journeys and reveal that the greatest obstacles lie in other people's attitudes.
We've got this : stories by disabled parents / edited by Eliza Hull ; with a foreword by Jamila Rizvi.
Hull, Eliza, editorRizvi, Jamila, writer of foreword
Collingwood, VIC : Black Inc., [2021]©2021
x, 278 pages : portraits ; 24 cm.
97817606429389781760642938
306.874087649306.874
English
502498
Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Society and Beliefs | 306.874 WEV | Available |