Apple YouTube Spotify More! How does language, both careless and careful, shape our world? What's the connection between social status and the words we choose? How does technology influence our…
I will never forget the day that our daughter Penny said to me, “It doesn’t only matter what you think.” We were shopping for a dress, and I was being…
William was home for spring break, and he mentioned to Penny that he hadn’t actually seen where she goes to school. She gave us both a tour of her college…
Grateful to write today for Cognoscenti/WBUR, Boston’s NPR station (read the full essay here): "The language we use and the stories we tell shape our behavior, writes Amy Julia Becker.…
To my knowledge, no one has ever called our daughter Penny by the most common slur used to demean people with intellectual disabilities, the r-word. I’m glad she hasn’t been…
Our family relies on the provision of support from the government by way of education and therapies for our daughter Penny. If we were in a more vulnerable financial position,…
A parent recently made a suggestion to me that I hadn’t ever thought of before. I was speaking about Reimagining Family Life with Disability and the importance of connecting to…
Take delight in who you are (and/or in who your child is). Connect to community. Take the next step towards a good future. I had the chance to share this…
Yesterday, President Trump held a press conference where he suggested that the reason an army helicopter crashed into a passenger plane in Washington, D.C. was because of Diversity, Equity, and…
Peter and I have often received praise for our parenting when people meet Penny, our daughter who has Down syndrome. That’s all very nice, but it’s clear to me that…
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