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Goal Setting: From A to B to Z

  • Post published:January 16, 2025
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I used to hate setting goals for Penny. It felt like I was measuring her worth based on how quickly she achieved them. Now I see goal setting—for her and…

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Read more about the article Why Rachel Handlin’s Art Exhibit Prompted Me to Change My Prepositions

Why Rachel Handlin’s Art Exhibit Prompted Me to Change My Prepositions

  • Post published:January 10, 2025
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Happy New Year! We’ve taken down our tree and put away the gnomes and nutcrackers. The kids are back at school. We reviewed the highlights of the past year as…

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Supporting Penny’s Goals

  • Post published:August 14, 2024
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting
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I used to be afraid to set goals for our daughter Penny, who has Down syndrome. It felt like if we didn't meet those goals, we would be passing judgment…

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Awakened Attention and Achievement Attention

  • Post published:May 3, 2023
  • Post category:Faith
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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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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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