Parenting at the Intersections

Raising Neurodivergent Children of Color

Jaya Ramesh, Priya Saaral

• Publisher: Parenting Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9781641608909
• Year: 2024

"This is an invaluable, nuanced, and deeply needed guide to parenting diverse children as we move, together, toward a future in which all brains and bodies are supported—and belong." —Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD
"A necessary, engaging, educational, and eye-opening perspective, not often found, about parenting children of color with neurodivergence. It's also a powerful call to action to make parenting a form of disruption to oppressive systems and people."— Library Journal, Starred Review
What if parenting were an act of social justice?
In this part story-telling, part self-inquiry book, authors and therapists Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral situate parenting children of color with neurodivergence within the context of various interlocking systems of oppression including settler colonialism, White supremacy, ableism, and capitalism.
These intersections engender isolation and loneliness. Using the voices of parents on the front lines and other experts, Parenting at the Intersections offer an invitation to parents to slow down and reflect on their own parenting journeys.
When parents can be given space to listen to their own voices, to connect with their children, and find community with others, they can find the most radical ways to disrupt systems of oppression.
 

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword by Dr. Báyò Akómoláfé
• Preface
• A Note on Language
• Introduction
• Part I: The Foundations of the Home
• Part II: Our Lives Inside the Home
• Part III: Relating to the World Outside
• Part IV: Building a Better World
• Acknowledgments
• Appendix A: Resources for Legal Considerations
• Appendix B: Our Community Members
• Notes
• About the Authors
• Back Cover