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Read more about the article FINAL Final Draft of To Be Made Well

FINAL Final Draft of To Be Made Well

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:November 9, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Healing/Privilege and Race/Writing
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  My current stack of books: When the Body Says No Life of the Beloved God's Hotel No Cure for Being Human Becoming Friends of Time The Very Good Gospel…

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God Didn’t Create Any Ugly Humans

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:November 5, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith
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A prominent pastor and theologian spoke at length earlier this week about why God might make some people unattractive. He lumped together “ugliness” with disfigurement and disability and then went…

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Down Syndrome Awareness Month: Awareness Would Be Enough

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:October 26, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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I used to think that “awareness” was too small a word for what we need in order to change the perceptions and reality for people with Down syndrome like our…

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A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 10 | Three New Books

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:October 22, 2021
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Disability/Parenting
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Ending the day without anxiety. Receiving spiritual truth and practical wisdom from another mother of a child with a disability. And entering into a story about the extravagant tenderness of…

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Read more about the article Down Syndrome Awareness Month: The Apple Doesn’t Fall From the Tree

Down Syndrome Awareness Month: The Apple Doesn’t Fall From the Tree

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:October 21, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family
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“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” That’s what my sister wrote to me after I showed her an email from Penny. Penny, unprompted, had sent me a Google…

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Penny in Her Own Words: Down Syndrome, School, and Friends

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:October 14, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family
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My name is Penny and I have an extra chromosome because I have Down syndrome.  In my daily life I wake up independently, make breakfast, and go to school. My…

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Talking About Disability

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:October 13, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting
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I remember this time, back when Penny was really little, when we were at a birthday party together and another mom was there with her child who also had a…

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Read more about the article Down Syndrome Awareness Month: A Few Things I Love

Down Syndrome Awareness Month: A Few Things I Love

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:October 7, 2021
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In honor of Down syndrome awareness month, I wanted to name a few things that I appreciate about our daughter Penny.  One, that Penny moves through the world with less…

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Read more about the article A Glimpse of Belonging at the Beginning of Down Syndrome Awareness Month

A Glimpse of Belonging at the Beginning of Down Syndrome Awareness Month

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:October 1, 2021
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I dream of a world where everyone belongs.  Last weekend, Penny was a bridesmaid in her old-babysitter-best-friend-for-life’s wedding, and I got a little glimpse of the joy of belonging. (Go…

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What’s Wrong With Having Down Syndrome?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 16, 2021
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What’s wrong with having Down syndrome? It was a question I asked many years ago, when our daughter Penny was first diagnosed with an extra copy of the 21st chromosome.…

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