I was 34 when I became K’s foster mom. I’ve scribbled ‘3’ in ballpoint pen on a piece of paper torn from a spiral notebook. It looks like a ransom note

Jessica Slice was a childless grad student when she became a foster mom.

She was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition 14 years ago .

Slice 's book Unfit Parent explores the challenges of early parenthood for disabled and nondisabled parents.

She says it's no coincidence our economic system reinforces that our worth is directly related to our ability to work.

Dr. Jessi Elana Aaron , a Florida professor with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, is a single parent by choice to a son born in 2018 .

Dr. Aaron was forced to find a way to care for her newborn on her own after a planned C-section.

Aaron : Despite pervasive assumptions that disability equals tragedy, data show it’s not the catastrophic outcome that many assume it will be.

Nondisabled people are shackled under the presumption that they should be able to hustle themselves into health, happiness, and success.

Disability culture offers solutions and solidarity during the profound transition to parenthood.

Disability can make someone more prepared to care for a newborn, not less.