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Perfectly Human: My Brother Jason by Jenni Newbury
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amyjuliabecker
Jenni Newbury writes about life with a younger brother with Down syndrome. I don’t remember life before Jason was born. I imagine I enjoyed my two years as an only child, but I simply have no recollection of life without him. The memories I do have include:pulling Jason across our tile floor to hear him…
Is it Harder to Have a Child with Down Syndrome?
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amyjuliabecker
In a recent Motherlode post, I wrote about our decision to forgo prenatal testing for Down syndrome with my third pregnancy. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend prenatal screening for all pregnant women, and I am at “higher risk” for having a child with Down syndrome, due to the fact that our eldest…
Down Syndrome Girl: Not So Funny
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amyjuliabecker
I have a new post at Bloom: Parenting Kids with Disabilities. It’s called “Not so Funny” and it begins: I absorb a lot of news every week. We listen to National Public Radio morning and evening. We subscribe to Time, The New Yorker, and the Sunday New York Times. I read a handful of blogs…
Questions for Jesus: Are you the One Who Was to Come?
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amyjuliabecker
Last week, a number of readers posted “questions for God.” Some of them can be answered by looking at specific passages from the Gospels. Others require a bigger picture view of the Bible and Christian theology. Over the course of the fall, on Tuesdays, I will look at the following questions that people ask Jesus:…
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