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Read more about the article Main Characters With Intellectual Disabilities in Chapter Books

Main Characters With Intellectual Disabilities in Chapter Books

  • Post published:September 14, 2022
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Disability/Down Syndrome
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Are there any chapter books with a main character who has Down syndrome or other intellectual disabilities?  I’m so grateful for books like RJ Palacio’s Wonder, which is a fantastic…

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Read more about the article A Good and Perfect Gift Turns 11!

A Good and Perfect Gift Turns 11!

  • Post published:September 1, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family
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Eleven years ago, A Good and Perfect Gift was published. I still hear from readers regularly who have discovered this book and reach out to tell me the way it…

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Read more about the article Penny Starts Her Junior Year

Penny Starts Her Junior Year

  • Post published:August 26, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family
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And all of a sudden, she’s a junior.  A junior who set her alarm and woke up without nudging. Who packed her lunch and her backpack and picked out her…

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Read more about the article A Secret Sign for “I Love a Person With Down Syndrome”

A Secret Sign for “I Love a Person With Down Syndrome”

  • Post published:August 24, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting
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I wish there were some sort of hand signal or gesture that meant, “I love a person with Down syndrome.” Kind of like “Honk if you love Jesus,” except it…

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Read more about the article Fitting Inside God’s Upside-Down Kingdom
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Fitting Inside God’s Upside-Down Kingdom

  • Post published:August 19, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Faith/Family
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“I needed my life to be upended in order for me to fit inside God’s upside-down kingdom.” At one of the leader sessions at Hope Heals camp last summer, Katherine…

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Read more about the article What If We Choose a Different Way?
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What If We Choose a Different Way?

  • Post published:August 17, 2022
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We live in a culture that values: Productivity over people Intellect over empathy Individual over community Competition over compassion Invincibility over vulnerability Isolated achievement over mutual giving and receiving Control…

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Read more about the article Camp PALS | Penny in Her Own Words

Camp PALS | Penny in Her Own Words

  • Post published:August 3, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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Penny had a chance to go to Camp PALS with her friend Rachel after two years of waiting due to Covid. PALS is one of the places where Penny comes…

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Read more about the article Penny’s Take on Hope Heals

Penny’s Take on Hope Heals

  • Post published:July 29, 2022
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Okay, this is my final (for now) post about Hope Heals Camp last week. I started out planning to tell you all about it in one post, and here we…

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Read more about the article Hope Heals Camp: When We’re Seen

Hope Heals Camp: When We’re Seen

  • Post published:July 28, 2022
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Seen. That was the word written underneath my plate at the Hope Heals banquet.  Other people had words like beloved, cherished, known. All three of our kids picked up their…

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Read more about the article Hope Heals Camp: Believing Something Good

Hope Heals Camp: Believing Something Good

  • Post published:July 27, 2022
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I went into last week with a hard, seemingly hopeless situation, even as I was invited to teach the kids about hope each day at Hope Heals Camp.  “Hope is…

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