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Introducing Season 8 of Reimagining the Good Life

  • Post published:September 3, 2024
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Apple YouTube Spotify More! How do we envision the good life in a way that is hopeful and human and freeing and good?My name is Amy Julia Becker. I help…

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Read more about the article Creating Belonging Within Families

Creating Belonging Within Families

  • Post published:July 12, 2024
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family
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I wrote a few weeks ago about the difference between exclusion, tolerance, inclusion, and belonging. Generally, when I think about belonging, I’m thinking about institutional spaces. I’m wondering whether our daughter Penny, who…

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Read more about the article Humanity, Belonging, and “An Ordinary Future”

Humanity, Belonging, and “An Ordinary Future”

  • Post published:June 13, 2024
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Penny’s school reached out months ago to make sure they could special order both a robe and a cap that would fit her well—an example of belonging. How do we…

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Read more about the article Why Belonging Matters

Why Belonging Matters

  • Post published:June 5, 2024
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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I’ve been thinking about the difference between inclusion and belonging. These thoughts have mostly been prompted by all the end-of-high school events for our daughter Penny, who has Down syndrome.…

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Penny in Her Own Words: Senior Project Presentation

  • Post published:June 4, 2024
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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Intellectual disability does not need to prevent young adults from learning. With support, encouragement, and room to make mistakes and grow from them, students like our daughter Penny, who has…

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How Language Shapes Our Imagination

  • Post published:May 13, 2024
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I’m two weeks into my new workshop, Reimagining Family Life with Disability. We have nearly 40 parents of children with disabilities who are Zooming in from across the United States—Vermont, Georgia,…

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Penny in Her Own Words: Senior Trip

  • Post published:May 3, 2024
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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Life for our 18-year-old with Down syndrome isn’t perfect, but it is good. Penny just spent three days with her class on their senior spring trip. I asked her to…

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Hope Heals Board Retreat

  • Post published:April 26, 2024
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I have the great honor of serving on the Board of Hope Heals. What a gift to spend 36 hours with these fellow Board members as well as members of…

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World Down Syndrome Day 2024

  • Post published:March 21, 2024
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Happy World Down Syndrome Day! Our daughter Penny is 18, and we join thousands of other people around the globe who want to raise awareness about Down syndrome today. First,…

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Read more about the article S7 E 12 | Reimagining Church Leadership and Disability with Andrew Draper

S7 E 12 | Reimagining Church Leadership and Disability with Andrew Draper

  • Post published:March 19, 2024
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Apple YouTube Spotify More! Why does it matter that most churches don’t welcome people with disabilities in leadership? If a church excludes people with disabilities, is it really a church?…

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