Unfit to Parent? The Stigma of Disabled Parenting
Sickboy
CBC
4.8 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
They say parenting is the hardest job in the world—now imagine doing it with a disability in a world that often deems you "unfit." This week, author and essayist Jessica Slice joins the fellas to reflect on her experiences with POTS and how disability has shaped her views on attraction, relationships, and parenting. She dives into the societal fear of weakness, offering fresh perspectives on accepting vulnerability as part of the human experience. From navigating discrimination against disabled parents to finding creative ways to connect with her kids and partner.
Be sure to check out Jessica's work here.
Check out our previous discussion about POTS right here!
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| 0:00.0 | What's the connection between being an astronaut and being a novelist? I hadn't really thought about it |
| 0:06.8 | until I talked to the astronaut-turned-writer Chris Hadfield about his new thriller, Final Orbit. |
| 0:13.5 | Every week on the podcast bookends, I sit down with today's best authors for candid conversations |
| 0:18.8 | about their writing, inspirations, and lives. |
| 0:22.8 | You'll get to see the world through the eyes of your favorite writers, and they might even |
| 0:26.6 | take you to outer space too. Bookends with Matea Roach is available now wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:34.3 | This is a CBC podcast. |
| 0:54.4 | Music This is a CBC podcast. Hey, folks. This week, we are joined by Jessica Slice. |
| 1:00.6 | Jessica is a disabled author, a mother, and an advocate living with pots. |
| 1:06.3 | Now, we've covered pots a couple times in the past. Check the show notes for past episodes where we dive into pots. Jessica, she opens up about how her disability has shaped her views on |
| 1:12.8 | relationships, parenting, and the misconceptions that society tends to hold. She shares the |
| 1:19.7 | creative ways in which she navigates parenting with a disability, and most importantly, she highlights |
| 1:26.3 | the discrimination disabled parents' face. |
| 1:30.1 | Oh, boy, that all sounds really heavy. |
| 1:32.8 | But I'll tell you, Jess is easily one of my all-time favorite guests. |
| 1:39.3 | For all the hard stuff we dig into, there's a hell of a lot of laughter that we found along the way. |
| 1:45.0 | And to be honest with you, I cannot wait to have her back on the show. As always, our mission, we're looking |
| 1:51.5 | to change the way the world talks about illness, death, medicine, right? And that takes all of us. |
| 1:57.5 | So make sure to follow the podcast on your favorite app and share this episode with somebody that you know or share it on social media because every conversation, every post, it really does make a difference. |
| 2:13.3 | Thank you all so much for tuning in. |
| 2:15.1 | I hope you enjoy this week's episode. |
| 2:16.7 | It is a banger. |
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