{"id":9297,"count":2,"description":"A graduate of Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary, Amy Julia Becker\u2019s essays about faith, family, disability, Down syndrome, privilege and culture have appeared in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2019\/03\/21\/world-down-syndrome-day-how-disability-can-helped-me-understand-privilege\/\">Washington Post<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2014\/10\/29\/amy-julia-becker-kids-tragedies-seriously-column\/18148221\/\">USA Today<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/women\/2018\/september\/racism-south-i-grew-up-with-black-household-help.html\">Christianity Today<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christiancentury.org\/blog-post\/guest-post\/learning-what-happiness-and-isn-t-my-daughter-down-syndrome\">Christian Century<\/a>, and online for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parenting.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/09\/14\/deciding-not-to-screen-for-down-syndrome\/\">The New York Times<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Lifestyle\/learn-kids-talking-disability\/story?id=26480369\">ABCNews<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/author\/amy-julia-becker\/\">the Atlantic<\/a>, Vox, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/author\/amy-julia-becker\">The Huffington Post<\/a>. She has appeared on a number of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amyjuliabecker.com\/buy-white-picket-fences\/media-and-praise-for-wpf\/\">podcasts<\/a>\u00a0including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theluckyfewpodcast.com\/episodes\/s3ep7-amyjuliabecker\">The Lucky Few<\/a>\u00a0and the Mockingbird\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amyjuliabecker.com\/talkingcast\/\">podcast<\/a>\u00a0and has spoken at many retreats and conferences including the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/qideas.org\/qmoments\/how-to-participate-in-healing\/\">2019 Q Conference<\/a>. Amy Julia is a member of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inkcreative.org\/\">INK: A Creative Collective<\/a>. 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