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Read more about the article Finding Other Ways to Communicate…

Finding Other Ways to Communicate…

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 30, 2023
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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“I call shotgun.” I remember these days, back when I squabbled with my sisters over who got to sit up front. Now we are reenacting the same conversations within my…

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Read more about the article Two-Word Family Check-In
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Two-Word Family Check-In

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 3, 2022
  • Post category:Family/Parenting
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Lately, I’ve been sending a text once each week to our whole family to check in on how everyone is doing. I used to just ask a generic, “How is…

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The Most Important Thing We Do as a Married Couple

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 6, 2022
  • Post category:Family
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I used to think it was simply a gift that Peter and I still like each other after twenty-plus years of marriage. That we got lucky, that we were blessed.…

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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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