S8 E4 | The Measure of Intelligence with Pepper Stetler, Ph.D.
Apple YouTube Spotify More! What freedom could we offer one another as humans if we weren’t so stuck on the "treadmill of achievements and quantified learning"? Pepper Stetler, PhD, is…
S8 E2 | What’s Normal? The Anthropology of Disability with Tom Pearson, PhD
Apple YouTube Spotify More! What does it mean to be human? Who counts as a human being and why? Anthropologist Tom Pearson has been asking these questions for a living…
A Deformed Imagination
When it comes to disability, most westerners have a deformed imagination. I am one of these westerners, although having a daughter with Down syndrome has begun to reshape my imagination…
What I Wish I’d Known When Our Child Was Diagnosed with Down Syndrome
GET THE FREE DOWNLOAD On December 30, 2005, our firstborn daughter came into the world. It was an easy delivery—a little early, but not premature, no signs of distress or…
Stubbornness and Down Syndrome
“People with Down syndrome are stubborn.” I’ve heard it from the time Penny was born. From therapists, teachers, doctors, and other parents. It has always struck me as a negative…
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TIME: How Disability Changed What Easter Means to My Family
I wrote an essay for TIME that came out today: How Disability Changed What Easter Means to My Family. As I write in this essay, when our daughter Penny was…
Interview With Penny for World Down Syndrome Day
Penny, March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day. It’s a day to celebrate the lives of people like you, who were born with Down syndrome. Can you start by telling…
A Few Things I Learned From Writing About Prenatal Testing
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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New York Times: I’m Thankful Every Day for the Decision I Made After My Prenatal Tests
Gulp. I got to write an opinion piece for the New York Times about prenatal tests and Down syndrome. There are all sorts of problems with the prenatal testing industry…
S5 E8 | What Disability Teaches Us About Health and Wholeness with Dr. Brian Brock
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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