Brimbank Writers & Readers Festival: We've Got This: Stories by Disabled Parents

Discover the highs and lows of parenting with a disability. We’ve Got This is a moving, revelatory and empowering anthology by 25 parents who identify as deaf, disabled or chronically ill, and reveal that the greatest obstacles lie in other people’s attitudes. As Rebekah Taussig writes, ‘Parenthood can tangle with grief and loss. Disability can include joy and abundance. And goddammit - disabled parents exist.’

Led by editor Eliza Hull, and featuring contributors Jax Jacki Brown and Sam Drummond, this panel discussion explores the experiences of parents with disabilities.

This session will feature AUSLAN interpreters.

Eliza Hull is a musical artist, writer, journalist and disability advocate – and a contributor to Growing Up Disabled in Australia. Her podcast series on parenting with a disability, We've Got This, was one of Radio National’s and ABC Life’s most successful series of all time.

Jax Jacki Brown (they/them) is a disability and LGBTIQA+ rights activist, writer, and educator. Jax’s work has been published in Queer Disability Anthology (2015), QueerStories: Reflections on Lives Well Lived from Some of Australia’s Finest LGBTIQA+ Writers (2018), Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories (2019) and Growing up Queer in Australia (2019). Jax is interested in how we can build resilience, pride and community for disabled people.

Sam Drummond is a lawyer and disability advocate. He has worked in community, commercial and public broadcasting, and written extensively on disability rights. Sam lives in Melbourne’s north with his partner and child. He can often be found swimming laps in Fitzroy Pool.