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I would never have written my most recent book, White Picket Fences: Turning Towards Love in a World Divided by Privilege, had I not given
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I wrote a piece for the Hartford Courant connecting the recent college admission cheating scandal, education, expectations, privilege, disability, and Down syndrome in honor of
World Down Syndrome Day 2019
Today we celebrate World Down Syndrome Day and the lives of millions of people with Down syndrome around the globe. (It’s March 21, 3/21, and
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