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The Beautiful Thing About Offering Attention

  • Post published:October 4, 2024
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. According to the dictionary, awareness is “knowledge or perception of a situation or a fact.” Nearly two decades into this journey, I’m still raising…

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Read more about the article Down Syndrome Awareness Month 2024
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Down Syndrome Awareness Month 2024

  • Post published:October 1, 2024
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Today is the beginning of Down Syndrome Awareness Month. In a world of distraction, I’m thinking about what happens when we pay attention to the beauty and hardship and possibility…

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Read more about the article Awakened Attention and Achievement Attention
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Awakened Attention and Achievement Attention

  • Post published:May 3, 2023
  • Post category:Faith
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

It’s getting harder for me to set goals.  I used to look ahead and plot out the course for how to achieve the next big thing, whether that was running…

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Read more about the article Down Syndrome Awareness Month: Awareness Would Be Enough

Down Syndrome Awareness Month: Awareness Would Be Enough

  • Post published:October 26, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

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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Read more about the article How to Receive God’s Love

How to Receive God’s Love

  • Post published:March 4, 2020
  • Post category:Faith
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Request Your FREE RESOURCE: 5 Ways to Experience God’s Love and Practice Peace I wrote earlier this week about what a difference it makes when we pay attention to the…

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The image is a book cover with the title "From Exclusion to Belonging" by Amy Julia Becker. The cover features a group of four smiling teenagers, including a young woman with Down syndrome in the center. They are dressed in casual clothing and appear to be in an outdoor setting with a blurred background of greenery. The design includes a torn paper effect separating the title text from the image. The title text is in a clean, modern font with "FROM EXCLUSION" at the top and "TO BELONGING" at the bottom, with the author's name displayed below.

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