We've got this: writer and musician Eliza Hull talks about parenting with a disability
Kate, minus Mandy who is unwell with COVID, speaks to musician, writer and disability advocate Eliza Hull. Eliza is the author of the outstanding We’ve Got This: Stories By Disabled Parents, the first major anthology by parents who identify as Deaf, disabled or chronically ill.
Eliza started the process of writing the book nearly eight years ago while pregnant with her first child. With her own diagnosis of Charcot Maire Tooth disease, Eliza was seeking a book that would help her navigate parenting with a physical disability, yet there were none to be found. So Eliza set about writing one, with the intention to include a cross-section of diverse experiences of parenting with disabilities in order to provide support and raise awareness.
Kate and Eliza talk through many of the powerful stories in the book and explore the complexities, joys and challenges that the contributors share. Reflecting on her own life and her parenting experience, Eliza feels that her disability is not a negative and not a deficit, but something that makes her life and her children’s lives better, kinder and richer.
Not just a writer but a talented touring musician as well, Eliza talks about how she turns to music to express some of the harder aspects of her life with a disability. Check out her ethereal dreamy-pop tunes on Spotify and also find out more about Eliza’s work as an advocate and speaker via her website.
Plus:
· Rush out and buy We’ve Got This: Stories By Disabled Parents right now!
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