Adiba Nelson

Adiba Nelson is an American author, screenwriter, and disability advocate whose memoir celebrates the love, challenges, and fierce determination of parenting a child with disabilities. Ain't That a Mother is a raw, funny, and deeply honest memoir about Nelson's experience as a Black mother raising a daughter with significant medical needs. Nelson writes about motherhood, disability, race, and identity with a voice that is unapologetically real, refusing to sanitise or sentimentalise an experience that is both harder and more rewarding than most people understand. The audiobook and book versions offer listeners and readers a powerful, entertaining memoir. Nelson's work appeals to parents, disability advocates, and anyone who appreciates writing that is both bracingly honest and full of love.