My scholarship focuses on the intersection of disability law and policy and reproductive justice, public health law, and family law. I have published in many legal journals and peer-reviewed social science journals. I have also authored book chapters and government reports.
Law Review Publications
Foreword: Rewriting the Script, __ Oklahoma Law Review __ (forthcoming 2024) (symposium)
Under the Watchful Eye of All: Disabled Parents and the Family Policing System’s Web of Surveillance, 112 California Law Review __ (forthcoming 2024)
Forced to Bear, Denied to Rear: The Cruelty of Dobbs for Disabled People, 112 Georgetown Law Journal __ (forthcoming 2024)
Care Reimagined: Transforming Law by Embracing Interdependence, 122 Michigan Law Review __ (forthcoming 2024)
Legal Ableism: A Systematic Review of State Termination of Parental Rights Laws, 101 Washington University Law Review __ (forthcoming 2023)
Disability Reproductive Justice During COVID-19 and Beyond, 72 American University Law Review __ (forthcoming 2023)
Including Disabled People in the Battle to Protect Abortion Rights: A Call-to-Action, 70 UCLA Law Review __ (forthcoming 2023)
Disability Reproductive Justice, 170 University of Pennsylvania Law Review __ (forthcoming 2022)
Beyond Disability Rights: A Way Forward After the 2020 Election, 15 Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy __ (forthcoming 2022)
Achieving Justice for Disabled Parents and Their Children: An Abolitionist Approach, 33 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism __ (forthcoming 2022)
Becoming a Disabled Parent: Eliminating Access Barriers to Health Care Before, During, and After Pregnancy, 96 Tulane Law Review__ (forthcoming 2021-2022) (with Erin E. Andrews and Kara Ayers)
Confronting Eugenics Means Finally Confronting its Ableist Roots, 27 William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice 607 (2021)
Applying the Health Justice Framework to Address Health and Health Care Inequities Experienced by People with Disabilities During and After COVID-19, 96 Washington Law Review 93 (2021)
Barriers and Facilitators to Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act by the Child Welfare System: Insights from Interviews with Disabled Parents, Child Welfare Workers, and Attorneys, 32 Stanford Law & Policy Review 117 (2021) (with Sasha Albert)
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Termination of Parental Rights Cases: An Examination of Appellate Decisions Involving Disabled Mothers, 39 Yale Law & Policy Review 157 (2020) (with Susan L. Parish, Monika Mitra, Michael Waterstone, and Stephen Fournier)
Terminating the Parental Rights of Mothers with Disabilities: An Empirical Legal Analysis, 85 Missouri Law Review 1069 (2020) (with Susan L. Parish, Monika Mitra, Michael Waterstone, and Stephen Fournier)
Responding to the Legal Needs of Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities, 38 Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality 69 (2020) (with Susan L. Parish, Monika Mitra, and Joanne Nicholson)
Family Law, Parents with Disabilities, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 57 Family Court Review 37 (2019) (peer-reviewed) (invited)
Safeguarding the Rights of Parents with Intellectual Disabilities in Child Welfare Cases: The Convergence of Social Science and Law, 20 CUNY Law Review 127 (2017) (symposium)
Persons with Disabilities and Their Sexual, Reproductive, and Parenting Rights: An International Comparative Analysis, 11 Frontiers of Law in China 53 (2016) (with Michael A. Stein) (peer-reviewed) (invited)
Online Law Review Publications
Supreme Court Unlocks New Path to Relief for Disabled Students, University of Pennsylvania Law School, The Regulatory Review (2023) (invited)
Remembering Judy Heumann, Harvard Law Review Blog (2023) (invited)
From Carrie Buck to Britney Spears: Strategies for Disrupting the Ongoing Reproductive Oppression of Disabled People, 107 Virginia Law Review Online 246 (2021)
Justice for Parents With Disabilities and Their Children, The Regulatory Review (2021) (invited)
Peer-Reviewed and Professional Publications
Preconception Health Risks by Presence and Type of Disability Among U.S. Women, __ Disability and Health Journal __ (forthcoming 2024) (with Willi Horner-Johnson, Ilhom Akobirshoev, Anne Valentine, & Monika Mitra)
Reproductive Justice for Disabled People Post-Dobbs: A Call-to-Action for Researchers, __ Disability and Health Journal __ (forthcoming 2024)
Family Caregivers’ Attitudes and Perspectives About the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities: An Online Survey, 129 American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 135 (2024) (with Serah Nthenge, Sasha Albert, & Monika Mitra)
Child Welfare System Inequities Experienced by Disabled Parents: Towards a Conceptual Framework, 39 Disability & Society 291 (2024) (with Susan L. Parish, Monika Mitra, Michael Waterstone, and Stephen Fournier)
Experiences of Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities with Child Welfare Involvement: Perspectives from Parents and Staff Providing Legal Services 101 Child Welfare 83 (2023) (with Miriam Heyman, Kimberly The, and Monika Mitra)
Rethinking Systemic Ableism: A Response to Zagouras, Ellick, & Aulisio, 18 Clinical Ethics 7 (2023) (with Erin E. Andrews, Kara Ayers, and Joseph A. Stramando)
The Evolution of Disability Language: Choosing Terms to Describe Disability, 15 Disability and Health Journal 101328 (2022) (with Erin E. Andrews and Kara Ayers)
Ableism in the Child Welfare System: Findings from a Qualitative Study, 46 Social Work Research 141 (2022) (with Sasha Albert)
Addressing Risk Factors Among Parents with Serious Mental Illness: Commentary on Ostrow et al. 72 Psychiatric Services 466 (2021) (with Joanne Nicholson)
Barriers and Solutions to Passing State Legislation to Protect the Rights of Parents with Disabilities: Lessons from Interviews with Advocates, Attorneys, and Legislators, Journal of Disability Policy Studies (forthcoming 2021) (with Sasha Albert and Jack Rubinstein)
Experiences of Breastfeeding Among Disabled Mothers, 31 Women’s Health Issues 82 (2021) (with Erin E. Andrews and Kara Ayers)
Supporting Disabled Parents and Their Families: Perspectives and Recommendations from Parents, Attorneys, and Child Welfare Professionals. 15 Journal of Public Child Welfare 529 (2021) (with Sasha Albert)
Perceived Community-Based Needs of Low-Income Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities who Experienced Legal Challenges to their Parenting Rights. 112 Children & Youth Services Review 104902 (2020) (with Monika Mitra, Joanne Nicholson, and Susan L. Parish)
Role of Family Caregivers Regarding Sexual and Reproductive Health for Women and Girls with Intellectual Disability: A Scoping Review. 64 Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 131 (2020) (with Susan L. Parish, Monika Mitra, and Eliana Rosenthal)
Adaptive Parenting Strategies Used by Mothers with Physical Disabilities Caring for Infants and Toddlers, 27 Health & Social Care in the Community 889 (2019) (with Monika Mitra, Suzanne C. Smeltzer, Linda M. Long-Bellil, Lauren D. Smith, Eliana Rosenthal, and Lisa Iezzoni)
Disparities in Child Protective Services: Commentary on Kaplan et al. (2019), 70 Psychiatric Services 209 (2019) (with Joanne Nicholson)
Reproductive Cancer Treatment Hospitalizations of US Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 56 Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities 1 (2018) (with Susan L. Parish, Esther Son, and Leah Igdalsky)
Breastfeeding Among Women with Physical Disabilities in the United States, 34 Journal of Human Lactation 253 (2018) (with Monika Mitra, Suzanne C. Smeltzer, Linda M. Long-Bellil, Lauren D. Smith, Eliana Rosenthal, and Lisa Iezzoni)
Family Attitudes and Reactions Towards Pregnancy Among Women with Physical Disabilities, 27 Women’s Health Issues 345 (2017) (with Monika Mitra, Suzanne C. Smeltzer, Linda M. Long-Bellil, Lauren D. Smith, and Lisa Iezzoni)
The Health and Economic Wellbeing of US Mothers with Intellectual Impairments, 30 Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 456 (2017) (with Susan L. Parish)
Health Care Changes for Children with Special Health Care Needs, 2005-2011, 21 Maternal and Child Health Journal 524 (2017) (with Thomas Sannicandro, Susan L. Parish, and Ester Son)
RE: Menstrual Management for Adolescents with Disabilities, 138 Pediatrics e20163112A (2016) (with Erin E. Andrews and Kara Ayers)
Behavioural and cognitive outcomes in young children of mothers with intellectual impairments, 61 Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 50 (2016) (with Susan L. Parish)
Health of Young Children whose Mothers have Intellectual Disabilities, 121 American Journal on Intellectual and developmental disabilities 281 (2016) (with Susan L. Parish and Ilhom Akobirshoev)
Consumers’ and Workers’ Perspectives about Consumer-Directed Services in the United States, 9 Disability and Health Journal 464 (2016) (with Jamie G. Swaine, Susan L. Parish, and Leah Igdalsky)
Federal Agencies Say State Cannot Discriminate Against Parents with Disabilities, 34 Child Law Practice 46 (2015)
Can Parents Lose Custody Simply because they are Disabled?, 31 GP Solo 14 (2014)
From the Delivery Room to the Courtroom: Ensuring the Rights of Parents with Disabilities, Health Law Reporter(2014).
Federal Agency Shines Light on Parents with Disabilities and Their Children, 9 Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, CW360° 26 (2013)
Civil Rights, Disability, and Health Care: Why Doesn’t Anyone Care?, 24 Health Law Reporter (2009) (with Dennis Heaphy)
Book Chapters
The Impact of Ableism on the Sexual, Reproductive, and Parenting Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities, in Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics and Practice (Andria Bianchi & Janet Vogt, eds.) (forthcoming 2024)
The Intersection of Disability, Gender, and COVID-19, in Routledge Gender Companion to Gender and COVID-19 (Aziza Ahmed & Linda McClain, eds.) (forthcoming 2024)
An Overview of Disabled Children and Parents in the Family Policing System, in Social Work Practice and Disability Communities: An Intersectional Anti-Oppressive Approach (Elspeth Slayter & Lisa Johnson, eds., 2023) (with Elspeth Slayter)
Parents and Children with Disabilities, in Child Welfare Law and Practice: Representing Children, Parents, and State Agencies in Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Cases (Josh Gupta-Kagan, LaShanda Taylor Adams, Melissa Cater, & Vivek Sankaran, eds., 4th edition) (2022)
Persons with Disabilities and Public Health Ethics, Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics (Anna C. Mastroianni, Jeffrey P. Kahn, & Nancy E. Kass, eds., 2019) (with Monika Mitra and Linda Long-Bellil)
Government Reports
National Council on Disability, Rocking the Cradle: Ensuring the Rights of Parents with Disabilities and Their Children (2012) (principal author)
National Council on Disability, The Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on People with Disabilities: A Look Back and Remaining Challenges (2006) (with Sheldon Gilbert)