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Penny in Fourth Grade: What Inclusion Teaches Us About Disability, Education, and Belonging

When she was in fourth grade, Penny was supposed to do a project on a “big question.” She decided to learn about Down syndrome. Later, after she made her presentation,…

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Why Intelligence Is Not the Measure of Human Worth (from a Parent of a Child with Down Syndrome)

When I was in college, I spent a summer studying for the GRE—the Graduate Record Examinations—in anticipation of applying for PhD programs. I had visions of becoming a professor of…

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