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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Idolatry of Intellect

  • Post published:January 18, 2024
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family/Parenting
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I didn't realize I’d gone into the hospital with a set of expectations, but I had. I very much had a set of expectations about who our child would be…

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Read more about the article Disability in “All the Light We Cannot See” Netflix Series

Disability in “All the Light We Cannot See” Netflix Series

  • Post published:January 17, 2024
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Disability
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Have you watched the Netflix series All The Light We Cannot See? It is an awesome, subversive message about disability and, ultimately, about humanity. The main character is blind, and…

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Read more about the article Here’s the question: What am I doing?

Here’s the question: What am I doing?

  • Post published:January 15, 2024
  • Post category:Writing
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

"Just do it." "You deserve a break today." "Think different." I’ve been working with a consultant for the past few months in my own attempt to come up with a…

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Read more about the article Bureaucracy and Disability

Bureaucracy and Disability

  • Post published:January 12, 2024
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family
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One of the things they tell you when you're a parent of a child with disabilities is that the bureaucracy is going to be awful. I thought it would be.…

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Read more about the article Retreating and Reimagining

Retreating and Reimagining

  • Post published:January 10, 2024
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A few times a year, I spend a few nights away from my family, by myself.  This time, while I’m away for the week, I’m working on a NEW project…

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Two Resources for the Season of Lent

  • Post published:January 9, 2024
  • Post category:Faith
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Two Resources for the Season of Lent: 1. Small Group Guide & Video Series 2. Daily Devotional For those of you who pay attention to the church calendar, Lent arrives…

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Our Song for Penny’s 18th Birthday

  • Post published:January 6, 2024
  • Post category:Family
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Penny requested a song on the occasion of her 18th birthday. She also gave us instructions on the tune—we could refer to You Belong With Me or Our Song by…

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Recap of Holiday Fun

  • Post published:January 3, 2024
  • Post category:Family
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Sometimes the holidays are one long stressful reminder of all the childhood wounds and irritations and conflicts you’ve ever tried to work through in therapy.  And sometimes they are just…

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How to Reflect on a Just-Get-Through-It Year

  • Post published:January 1, 2024
  • Post category:Healing
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“You aren’t going to figure it out. You’re just going to get through it.” My friend Patricia first said to me years ago, when I was enduring sleepless nights with…

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Penny Turns 18

  • Post published:December 30, 2023
  • Post category:Down Syndrome/Family/Parenting
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Our daughter Penny turns 18 today. She’s not at home with us, as it turns out. Rather, she is at a retreat center with a group of other teenagers for…

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