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Down Syndrome

Read more about the article What Going to Middle School Taught Me about Love

What Going to Middle School Taught Me about Love

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 1, 2017
  • Post category:Down Syndrome/Family/Parenting

Today is day five of middle school for Penny. She has weathered it better than I have--great attitude, tremendous excitement about the prospect of hot lunch (which wasn't available daily…

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Read more about the article Why We Must Insist Upon Knowledge Tethered to Love

Why We Must Insist Upon Knowledge Tethered to Love

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 25, 2017
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith

I was invited to share some thoughts on disability and theology with the student body of St. Paul’s School, a boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire. I offered three reflections…

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Read more about the article What if Usefulness is Not the Measure of our Humanity?
Penny and her family at Epcot, or what love and knowledge together look like

What if Usefulness is Not the Measure of our Humanity?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 25, 2017
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith

I was invited to share some thoughts on disability and theology with the student body of St. Paul’s School, a boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire. I offered three reflections…

Continue ReadingWhat if Usefulness is Not the Measure of our Humanity?
Read more about the article On World Down Syndrome Day, Some Thoughts on Beauty, Vulnerability, and Love
Penny's friends celebrate her on her 11th birthday

On World Down Syndrome Day, Some Thoughts on Beauty, Vulnerability, and Love

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:March 21, 2017
  • Post category:Down Syndrome/Parenting

Dear friends, Last week I told our kids that today is World Down Syndrome Day, a day across the globe to celebrate the lives of those living among us with…

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Read more about the article Thought on the Election of Donald Trump: Trust Your Love Instead of Your Fear

Thought on the Election of Donald Trump: Trust Your Love Instead of Your Fear

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:November 30, 2016
  • Post category:Current Events/Down Syndrome/Faith

"Trust your love instead of your fear." I first said those words in a conversation with a woman who had received a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, but they have…

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If There Was a “Cure” For Down Syndrome – Podcast Wisconsin Public Radio

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 8, 2016
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Podcast
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In August 2016 I wrote an article for Vox titled My daughter has Down Syndrome. Would I "cure" her if I could? I was then interviewed on the Wisconsin Public…

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