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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Down Syndrome Awareness Month Book Giveaway

  • Post published:October 5, 2022
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Disability/Down Syndrome
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{GIVEAWAY CLOSED} Down Syndrome Awareness Month BOOK GIVEAWAY! Enter to win all 9 books, including all 4 of Heather Avis' books, my memoir, and favorite books from: Jillian Benfield, Misty…

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S6 E3 | Down Syndrome and Belonging with Heather Avis

  • Post published:October 4, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Podcast
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

“You belong here, as you are, who you are. Come be in this place with us.” Down syndrome advocate and author Heather Avis joins Amy Julia Becker to talk about…

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White Picket Fences Turns 4!

  • Post published:October 3, 2022
  • Post category:Privilege and Race/Writing
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White. Economically stable. Cares about other people. Doesn’t like social divisions. Doesn’t know what to do about those divisions. Afraid that trying to do anything will just be an exercise…

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Down Syndrome Awareness Month Begins

  • Post published:October 1, 2022
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October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month! It’s a month to celebrate the lives of people with Down syndrome. It’s a month to continue to advocate for the significance of people…

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So Middle School

  • Post published:September 29, 2022
  • Post category:Family/Parenting
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She is the epitome of middle school. Marilee announced last week that we didn’t need to read to her before bed any longer. She just finished The Chronicles of Narnia…

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Breaking the Anxiety Boomerang

  • Post published:September 28, 2022
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Anxiety is everywhere. I’ve bought three books that reference anxiety in the title in the past month. The pandemic prompted dramatic increases in anxiety in teens and adults. Anxiety is…

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Mother.ly | I’m a much better parent of tweens than I was of toddlers

  • Post published:September 27, 2022
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I am a much better mom of teens and tweens than I was of toddlers. Or at least, I enjoy being the mother of teens and tweens a lot more…

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Communion: The Simplicity of Abundant and Generous Love

  • Post published:September 26, 2022
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In these pandemic-cautious years, I’ve missed taking communion in the front of the church. Now we sit in our pews and pass individualized cups and little baggies with bread inside.…

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Preparing the Child for the Path

  • Post published:September 24, 2022
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Prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child. I really believe in this parenting wisdom. I want to teach them independence. I want them to learn…

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Why Changing the R-Word Only Matters So Much

  • Post published:September 23, 2022
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Essay Quick Link: New Proposal In Congress Would Remove ‘Mentally Retarded’ From Federal Law I grew up hearing the R-word from other people. “I’m so ___” or “You’re such a…

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