With Her New Book, ‘Unfit Parent,’ Jessica Slice Upends Assumptions About Disability and Motherhood

With Her New Book, ‘Unfit Parent,’ Jessica Slice Upends Assumptions About Disability and Motherhood

“Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World” is out now from Penguin Random House.

How the Child Welfare System Prioritizes Autonomous Family Units, and Punishes Disabled Parents

A faded sign outside boasted great rates and free local calls. The motel windows did nothing to block the West Oakland road noise. Sitting on the stained quilt, Natalie and her fifteen-year-old daughter Tara knew that they needed help. Natalie was starting to make less sense, and she had expressed a passing desire to hurt […]