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March 2012

March 19, 2012

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Responses to Readers about Down syndrome and wrongful birth

I'm sure some of you have skimmed the comments over on the Huffington Post from...

March 17, 2012

Life with Down Syndrome: Good or Wrongful?

Over the course of the past five years, I've read news reports of a series...

March 15, 2012

Dads-in-Chief, or What I Like About Rick Santorum and President Obama

When Sarah Palin first accepted the vice presidential nomination in 2008, I thought I should...

March 12, 2012

Learning to Read

When Penny was diagnosed with Down syndrome, the doctors told us that she would have...

March 09, 2012

What People are saying about A Good and Perfect Gift

A Good and Perfect Gift came out in September. It hasn't come close to best...

March 08, 2012

Perfectly Human: “The Look” by Karen Jackson

Long time readers of this blog may remember that I used to run a weekly...

March 05, 2012

Maybe Parenting Really is all about Money

Lisa Belkin posted a really interesting piece about how having money relates to being a...

March 02, 2012

Rick Santorum, prenatal testing, and choice

I'm working on an essay about recent developments in the national conversation about prenatal testing....

February 2012

February 27, 2012

What Jeremy Lin has to do with Down syndrome (and a few other things to think about)

Jeremy Lin has overturned assumptions about the ability of Asian Americans to play basketball. So...

February 24, 2012

What I’ve Learned Through Penny (in Six Minutes)

I had a lovely conversation with Susie Larson for Moody Radio last Friday. Somehow in...

February 17, 2012

Penny at the Hospital, or What I Love About Our Daughter

I woke up this morning because Penny came barreling into our room. "I want to...

February 14, 2012

People with Disabilities at the Center . . .

There are weeks when I can't help but write blogposts, and then there are weeks...

February 10, 2012

Worth Reading

Number one on my list this week, because it combines individuals with disabilities, families, adoption,...

February 07, 2012

Do You Want a Perfect Family?

As those of you who have read A Good and Perfect Gift know (and, I...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

Worth Your Time

A few articles/posts/essays I've come across lately that you might enjoy: My Brother's Valuable Life,...

January 17, 2012

Who Deserves a Kidney Transplant?

Amelia Rivera has made the news this week because her parents wrote a blogpost about...

January 16, 2012

What Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream Has to Do with Down Syndrome

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. He expressed that dream in...

January 11, 2012

You’re Pregnant. Should You Screen for Down Syndrome?

Two friends recently asked me for advice. Both are in their first trimester of pregnancy....

January 09, 2012

Blessings Upon Blessings: Exceptional Worship and Friendship House

Some people still think that it is sad that Penny has Down syndrome, and that...

December 2011

December 20, 2011

Designer Babies, Christmas, and A Good and Perfect Gift

Philip Ney has an essay discussing A Good and Perfect Gift in the current issue of...

December 13, 2011

Remembering St. Nick

Penny has had an aversion to, and fascination with, Santa Claus for years now. Four...

November 2011

November 16, 2011

Faith, Down syndrome, and Becoming Human

I read Kathryn Soper's The Year My Son and I Were Born when it was...

November 15, 2011

Making Friends, or Inclusion in School

Penny had a playdate yesterday. Her second of the year, actually. Long term readers of...

November 14, 2011

Denver, Boston, Princeton–Hope You’ll Be There!

I have three upcoming events this week that might be of interest to some of...

November 09, 2011

Measuring a Life, or Kindergarten Update

I was having dinner with friends a few weeks back. They have an adult daughter...

November 08, 2011

What I’ve Learned from Penny: An Interview on Her.meneutics

My friend and colleague Karen Swallow Prior interviewed me about A Good and Perfect Gift...

November 07, 2011

A Good and Perfect Gift in Publisher’s Weekly Top Ten . . .

I can't really believe that I'm about to write this, but I just found out...

November 02, 2011

Rethinking Perfection

Last Thursday night, I was invited to share my thoughts on the meaning of perfection...

October 2011

October 26, 2011

What Down Syn Mean?

It's a question William asked me a long time ago, and I've been thinking about...

October 21, 2011

Disability Matters to All of Us . . .

I can understand why lots of people assume that I wrote A Good and Perfect...

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