We've Got This: Essays by Disabled Parents

The first major anthology by parents with disabilities.

How does a father who is blind take his child 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 percent of people worldwide live with a disability, and many of them are also parents. And yet their stories are rarely shared, their experiences almost never reflected in parenting literature.

In We've Got This, parents around the world 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 that tackles ableism head-on. As Rebekah Taussig writes, 'Parenthood can tangle with grief and loss. Disability can include joy and abundance. And goddammit -- disabled parents exist.'

Eliza Hull is a musical artist, writer, journalist, and disability advocate based in Victoria, Australia. Her podcast series on parenting with a disability, We've Got This, was one of Australia's most successful series of all time.

Rebekah G. Taussig US (Kansas City, MO) @sitting_pretty

Ricardo and Donna Thornton US ( Washington D.C.)

Daniela Izzie US (Virginia) @daniizzie

Kristen Witucki US (New Jersey)

Christa Couture (Canada) @christacouture

Marjorie Aunos (Canada) @MarjorieAunos

Nina Tame (England)

Sam Drummond Australia

Micheline Lee Australia

Lucy and James Catchpole England

Cathy Reay England

Jasper Peach Australia

Joanne Limburg England

Jax Jacki Brown Australia

Oscar and Estefani Arevalo

Debra Keenahan Australia

Jacinta Parsons Australia

Jaclyn and Garry Lynch

Pete Wharmby England

Brent Phillips Australia

Mandy McCracken Australia

Brian Edwards Australia

Neangok Chair Australia

Liel K. Bridgford Australia

Kristy Forbes Australia

Shakira Hussein (Australia)