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Read more about the article Ordinary Life With Down Syndrome

Ordinary Life With Down Syndrome

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:October 15, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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When it comes to Down syndrome, there are two extremes that get represented in our collective imagination most of the time. There’s the exceptional overcomer, and there’s the burden to…

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Read more about the article What if Mary Wasn’t Exceptional?

What if Mary Wasn’t Exceptional?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 21, 2021
  • Post category:Faith
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What if Mary wasn’t exceptional? What if she wasn’t particularly pious or good or faithful? What if she was just a typical Jewish teenager?  There are two reasons I think…

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Read more about the article The Ordinary Goodness of a Life with Down Syndrome, Even Now

The Ordinary Goodness of a Life with Down Syndrome, Even Now

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 27, 2020
  • Post category:Current Events/Down Syndrome/Family/Parenting
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Our daughter Penny is 14. She loves Taylor Swift and Fuller House and the Yankees. She betrays many signs of becoming a typical teenager: she groans when I wake her…

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