We've Got This: Stories by Disabled Parents (Growing Up ... in Australia #1)

Eliza Hull, Jamila Rizvi, Micheline Lee, Sam Drummond, Brent Phillips, Nat Bartsch, Jeremy Hopkins, Jax Jacki Brown, Renay Barker-Mulholland, Jacinta Parsons, Leah Von Poppel, Ben Van Poppel, Debra Keenahan, Elly May Barnes, Jasper Peach, Brian Edwards, Kristy Forbes, Graeme Innes, Mandy McCracken, Heather Smith, Carol Taylor, Shakira Hussein, Jaclyn Lynch, Garry Lynch, Nicole Lee, Neangok Chair, Lefa Singleton Norton, Liel K. Bridgford, Jessica Smith, Rebekah G. Taussig

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4.56 · 9 ratings · 278 pages · Published: 01 Mar 2022
We've Got This: Stories by Disabled Parents by Eliza Hull, Jamila Rizvi, Micheline Lee, Sam Drummond, Brent Phillips, Nat Bartsch, Jeremy Hopkins, Jax Jacki Brown, Renay Barker-Mulholland, Jacinta Parsons, Leah Von Poppel, Ben Van Poppel, Debra Keenahan, Elly May Barnes, Jasper Peach, Brian Edwards, Kristy Forbes, Graeme Innes, Mandy McCracken, Heather Smith, Carol Taylor, Shakira Hussein, Jaclyn Lynch, Garry Lynch, Nicole Lee, Neangok Chair, Lefa Singleton Norton, Liel K. Bridgford, Jessica Smith, Rebekah G. Taussig
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 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. The result is a moving, revelatory and empowering anthology. As Rebekah Taussig writes, ‘Parenthood can tangle with grief and loss. Disability can include joy and abundance. And goddammit – disabled parents exist.’

Contributors include Jacinta Parsons, Kristy Forbes, Graeme Innes, Jessica Smith, Jax Jacki Brown, Nicole Lee, Elly May Barnes, Neangok Chair, Renay Barker-Mulholland, Micheline Lee and Shakira Hussein.
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    We've Got This: Stories by Disabled Parents by Eliza Hull, Jamila Rizvi, Micheline Lee, Sam Drummond, Brent Phillips, Nat Bartsch, Jeremy Hopkins, Jax Jacki Brown, Renay Barker-Mulholland, Jacinta Parsons, Leah Von Poppel, Ben Van Poppel, Debra Keenahan, Elly May Barnes, Jasper Peach, Brian Edwards, Kristy Forbes, Graeme Innes, Mandy McCracken, Heather Smith, Carol Taylor, Shakira Hussein, Jaclyn Lynch, Garry Lynch, Nicole Lee, Neangok Chair, Lefa Singleton Norton, Liel K. Bridgford, Jessica Smith, Rebekah G. Taussig

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