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What I’m Reading: Articles on Grief, Down syndrome, and Money
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amyjuliabecker
Time has an article this week, “Good News About Grief” that debunks some of the myths about grieving. It counters the standard Elixabeth Kubler-Ross “Five Stages of Grief” paradigm, and suggests that we don’t grieve in stages, we don’t need to express our grief, grief is harder on men, grief has an ending point, and…
Inspiration or Exploitation? Down syndrome, football, and a feel-good story
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amyjuliabecker
A few months back, Ike Ditzenberger, a young man with Downsyndrome, scored a 51-yard touchdown for his high school football team. It made the national news. In fact, he reportedly got a movie contract out of themoment. More recently,
Perfectly Human: My Upward Down Syndrome Journey by Kurt Kondrich
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amyjuliabecker
“Can I hold my daughter please?” My wife Margie delivered our daughter Chloe on May 16th, 2003. I was in my twentieth year as a Police Officer, and I knew there was something not right in the doctor’s look and voice. Chloe aspirated during her entry into the world, and as they cleared her lungs…
What does MLK Day have to do with Down syndrome?
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amyjuliabecker
I’ve been thinking all week about MLK Day. I want to write something that honors Dr. King and not only remembers his legacy but continues it in some way. And yet every time I try, I find myself at a loss for words. I feel inadequate. My knowledge of (and respect for) Dr. King comes…
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