Episode 417: Helping Families with Disabilities Experience Their Capability with Amy Juila Becker

Amy Julia Becker explains why measuring kids against developmental milestones makes children with disabilities look incapable, and why asking "what's the next small step toward growth?" shows how capable they really are. She describes letting love "wrap around" fear and helping kids feel wanted, valued, and needed. She also shares how person-centered goal-setting turned 12-year-old Penny's dream of living with friends in Chicago into "Mondays, Penny does her own laundry." Her advice for overwhelmed parents is to pick one overwhelming thing, ask "who could help me?", and take one small step toward that person.

Resources mentioned:

Capable by Sissy Goff and David Thomas

Amy Julia Becker's books: To Be Made Well, White Picket Fences, Small Talk, A Good and Perfect Gift

Amy Julia's podcasts: Take the Next Step with Amy Julia Becker and Reimagining the Good Life

Take the Next Step: When Grief Has No Words: Helping Kids With Disabilities Process Loss • Sissy Goff, LPC-MHSP

Raising Boys and Girls Episode 226: Reimagining Family Life with Disability with Amy Julia Becker

Hope Heals

Disability Ministry Network

Alliance for Disability Justice and Ethics in Reproductive Genetics

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