For Down Syndrome Awareness Month – Schedule a Normie Screening in Your Area!
Our Family's Involvement in Normie We feel lucky to be a part of this wonderful film, and to get to know Annemarie - the young woman whose story is followed…
Our Family's Involvement in Normie We feel lucky to be a part of this wonderful film, and to get to know Annemarie - the young woman whose story is followed…
I always thought middle school would be the time when life for a child with Down syndrome got hard. The infant and toddler years held their share of medical challenges.…
This weekend was the opening of the movie The Peanut Butter Falcon. As parents of a child with Down syndrome, my husband Peter and I were curious and excited to…
So my daughter wanted to quit dance class, and I wrote about it for Scary Mommy. You may already be familiar with the Scary Mommy website and/or social media. The…
If you are new to my blog, welcome! I blog about family, faith, disability, privilege, culture and the intersection of all of these realities. I tend to use events and…
I experienced such deep joy at the Normie screening at the Five Senses Festival. Not only did I get to sit outside under the stars in our lovely little town and…
I started thinking about the words in 1 Corinthians 13--Paul's famous passage about the nature of love--many years ago when Penny was first born. I started to understand what Paul…
I write a lot about understanding our common humanity as a basis for understanding, exploring, and even celebrating our diverse identities. But sometimes it is equally important to recognize the…
By Guest Contributor Stephanie Meredith A note from Amy Julia: I am grateful for Stephanie Meredith for all sorts of reasons. One, she's the force behind the Lettercase booklets that…
I would never have written my most recent book, White Picket Fences: Turning Towards Love in a World Divided by Privilege, had I not given birth to a daughter with…