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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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The IEP Meeting Every Child With a Disability Deserves

  • Post published:May 14, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Peter and I both cried at Penny’s annual meeting to discuss her IEP (Individualized Education Plan) goals.  We cried because we were so overwhelmed with pride in her and gratitude…

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Teaching Our Children What We Are FOR

  • Post published:May 13, 2022
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Parenting/Privilege and Race
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Eboo Patel’s essay for the New York Times Tuesday reminded me that I want to teach our kids what we are FOR as a family. So we support restrictions on…

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Vivian Mabuni Endorses To Be Made Well

  • Post published:May 12, 2022
  • Post category:Books/Healing/Writing
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I’m so struck by Vivian Mabuni’s description of our world: “weary, splintered, and hurting.” And I’m so grateful that she sees To Be Made Well as an offering that is…

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God Would Make a Real Bad Farmer

  • Post published:May 11, 2022
  • Post category:Faith
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I am not a gardener. I love beautiful flowers and I welcome farm-to-table vegetables. But I do not provide such things for myself. And even I know enough about farming…

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Abortion and People With Disabilities

  • Post published:May 9, 2022
  • Post category:Current Events/Disability/Down Syndrome
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Last week’s leak of a draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade has people talking (yelling?) about abortion all over again. I wrote last week…

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A Mom’s Circles of Grace

  • Post published:May 7, 2022
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On Thursday, I got in the car at 3:20 to pick Penny up at school and take her to dance.  Then I came home to pick Marilee up and take…

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Anxiety Has Served and Failed Me

  • Post published:May 6, 2022
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Anxiety has served me as a fuel for achievement, but it has failed me as a guide to getting well.  -To Be Made Well Worry wakes me up in the…

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Read more about the article Hope Heals: Partnership of Hope and Healing

Hope Heals: Partnership of Hope and Healing

  • Post published:May 5, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Healing
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Last week, I had the honor of spending 24 hours with the board and staff and co-founders of Hope Heals.  The time reminded me of many truths, including that the…

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Read more about the article Roe v. Wade: Questions to Ask About the Supreme Court’s Draft
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Roe v. Wade: Questions to Ask About the Supreme Court’s Draft

  • Post published:May 4, 2022
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I find myself conflicted when it comes to the politics of abortion and Roe v. Wade. I’m like most Americans—I know I disagree with the extremes of both the pro-life…

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S5 E18 | Living as a Person in a Technological World with Andy Crouch

  • Post published:May 3, 2022
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How do we reclaim personhood and relationships in a technological world? Andy Crouch, author of The Life We’re Looking For, talks with me about technology and what it means to…

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