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When our daughter Penny was born and diagnosed with Down syndrome, we received two different analogies to understand our new story as parents of a child with a disability. One was a lovely essay by Emily Perl Kingsley, in which Kingsley compares the unexpected diagnosis to an unexpected vacation in Holland instead of Italy.
Amy Julia Becker hosts the podcast "Reimagining the Good Life." She is the author of multiple books, including her most recent, "To Be Made Well."
