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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Read more about the article God’s Love Is the Answer to Depression
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God’s Love Is the Answer to Depression

  • Post published:October 7, 2022
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Faith/Healing
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God’s love is the answer to depression. I know that’s the type of declarative statement I’m not supposed to make. I know that religion has often been the opposite of…

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Read more about the article TIME | Where Are All the Children’s Books Featuring Kids With Down Syndrome?

TIME | Where Are All the Children’s Books Featuring Kids With Down Syndrome?

  • Post published:October 6, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Writing
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

We started a conversation over here a few weeks ago about whether or not there are chapter books with main characters who have intellectual disabilities, and I had a chance…

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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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Read more about the article S6 E3 | Down Syndrome and Belonging with Heather Avis

S6 E3 | Down Syndrome and Belonging with Heather Avis

  • Post published:October 4, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Podcast
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“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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Read more about the article White Picket Fences Turns 4!

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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Read more about the article Mother.ly | I’m a much better parent of tweens than I was of toddlers
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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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The image is a book cover with the title "From Exclusion to Belonging" by Amy Julia Becker. The cover features a group of four smiling teenagers, including a young woman with Down syndrome in the center. They are dressed in casual clothing and appear to be in an outdoor setting with a blurred background of greenery. The design includes a torn paper effect separating the title text from the image. The title text is in a clean, modern font with "FROM EXCLUSION" at the top and "TO BELONGING" at the bottom, with the author's name displayed below.

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