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Read more about the article A Few Things I Learned From Writing About Prenatal Testing

A Few Things I Learned From Writing About Prenatal Testing

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 3, 2022
  • Post category:Current Events/Disability/Down Syndrome/Healing
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24 hours after my essay for the New York Times came out online, I learned it was also in the print edition! So that was exciting.  But I also learned…

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Read more about the article Penny in Her Own Words: The PATH Process and Planning for the Future

Penny in Her Own Words: The PATH Process and Planning for the Future

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:January 5, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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I asked Penny if she would be willing to answer a few questions about her experience with the PATH process. These are her unedited responses:  How would you explain what…

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Read more about the article Penny’s PATH Process: Planning for Life After High School

Penny’s PATH Process: Planning for Life After High School

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:January 4, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting
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Once a year, a group of people from Penny’s school, family, and community gather together with her to talk about her hopes and dreams for the future through a process…

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Read more about the article S5 E8 | What Disability Teaches Us About Health and Wholeness with Dr. Brian Brock

S5 E8 | What Disability Teaches Us About Health and Wholeness with Dr. Brian Brock

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 14, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Healing/Podcast
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What does it mean to be healthy? Can people with disabilities be healthier than typical people? What does it mean to be healed by God? Dr. Brian Brock, author of…

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Read more about the article Loves Looks to Move Towards One Another

Loves Looks to Move Towards One Another

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 7, 2021
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My friend’s son was whistling in class. The other kids were annoyed. Another friend’s daughter drools a lot and other kids think it’s “gross.” Some kids smell bad. Others make…

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Read more about the article Meritocracy Is the Antithesis to Love | Plough Essay

Meritocracy Is the Antithesis to Love | Plough Essay

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 2, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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Meritocracy is the antithesis to love.  I first wrote those words almost two years ago, when we were traveling cross-country and we were taking regular hikes as a family. On…

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Read more about the article A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 10 | Three New Books

A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 10 | Three New Books

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:October 22, 2021
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Ending the day without anxiety. Receiving spiritual truth and practical wisdom from another mother of a child with a disability. And entering into a story about the extravagant tenderness of…

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Read more about the article Talking About Disability
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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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Read more about the article Texas’s Abortion Law and Down Syndrome

Texas’s Abortion Law and Down Syndrome

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 8, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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"Why would it be a bad thing for five times more people with Down syndrome to be in the world?" asked my 13-year-old son William, whose older sister Penny has…

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Read more about the article I Know to Expect Penny To Be Human

I Know to Expect Penny To Be Human

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 30, 2021
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I look back on these words I wrote about Penny so many years ago in A Good and Perfect Gift, and I think, Yes. That’s it. I was no longer…

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