Disability Concerns
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Posted on May 20, 2013, 2:47 pm | 1 comment
Topics: Advocacy
A campaign of misinformation brought about the defeat of the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the U.S. Senate last December. Likely, a motion to ratify it will be brought to the Senate Foreign Relations committee this June. Now is the time to begin contacting Senators to correct that misinformation so the next vote to ratify will be successful.
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Posted on May 20, 2013, 10:27 am
Topics: Accessibility
Because mental illness is often not readily apparent, it can be difficult for employers to detect and accommodate this form of disability. However, notwithstanding these difficulties, employers have a legal duty to accommodate mental health disabilities. This 20-page guide from a Canadian law firm provides a guideline and offer some practical tips for accommodating workers with mental illness.
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Posted on May 20, 2013, 10:00 am
Topics: Accessibility
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other nondiscrimination laws, most employers must provide "reasonable accommodations" to qualified employees with disabilities. This page from the U.S. Department of Labor provides a variety of suggestions to employers for accommodating employees with psychiatric disabilities.
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Posted on May 14, 2013, 9:25 am | 1 comment
Topics: Accessibility
I am almost totally isolated, as my son who lives locally sees me near Mother's day, my birthday and near Christmas. We have been doing the drive thru and eating in his car for a few years. It works quite well, tho there are some frags to deal with after. Even with this limited exposure, I am doing physical harm, but a mom needs to see her family.
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Posted on May 6, 2013, 5:21 pm
Topics: Accessibility
The ADA is an act to prohibit disability discrimination. It is not a call to help people. Churches commit disability discrimination even while at the same time they help people, including helping some who have a functional loss or limitation.
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Posted on April 30, 2013, 8:52 am | 4 comments
Topics: Advocacy
In spite of the facts, the media, talk show hosts, humorists, bloggers, and uninformed citizens insist that people with mental illnesses pose a threat of violence. The myth that people with mental illness are violent creates demands for unwarranted limitations on their rights and freedoms.
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Posted on April 23, 2013, 10:04 am | 5 comments
Topics: Caring
As issues started coming up, we had to make decisions together. When should mom stop driving? Is she using the stove safely? Is she taking her meds correctly? When do we need to consider moving mom into assisted living? Facing such decisions can bring out old tensions and even tear families apart. We did not want this to happen to us.
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Posted on April 15, 2013, 11:09 am | 3 comments
Topics: Caring
Mental health is not a particularly religious term. But the concern for wellness, for healing and recovery, and for the effects of illness and disease are part of spiritual care. It has never been easy for individuals suffering from brain disorders to find place among us.
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Posted on April 8, 2013, 2:56 pm | 4 comments
Topics: Caring
Matthew Warren had the best medical care available, a loving church that cared for him and his family, and parents who loved and prayed for him. Yet, that could not keep Matthew with us.
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Posted on March 26, 2013, 9:32 am | 3 comments
Topics: Advocacy
Shortly after I started in July 2006 she initiated a meeting with me in which she told me who I needed to watch out for, who I could trust as a fellow advocate, and who and where I needed to “push.” I think that “push” was one of her favorite words. For me, pushing is going to be harder with Nella gone.
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Posted on March 18, 2013, 1:48 pm | 16 comments
Topics: Advocacy
If United States can succeed in reducing gun violence (a much more public goal since the shooting in Connecticut), not only will deaths go down, but also fewer people will live with disabilities.
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Posted on March 11, 2013, 2:37 pm | 5 comments
Topics: Advocacy
The 1956 law creating Social Security Disability Insurance, still in force, treats a disabled worker as an oxymoron. You are either a worker or you are disabled — not both.
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Posted on March 11, 2013, 2:08 pm | 1 comment
Topics: Caring
No one knows what it is like to be the grandparent of a child with disabilities better than another grandparent.
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Posted on March 5, 2013, 8:51 am
Topics: Accessibility
Do people think that wheel chairs have only one wheel, and they can get through this? I was wishing on everyone that had not cleared their curb cuts or shoveled their sidewalks that they would have to spend one day in a wheelchair so they would get a better understanding on how hard it is to get around when you do not shovel.
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Posted on February 27, 2013, 7:55 pm
Topics: Getting Started
A boy in your congregation has autism and many challenging behaviors. A man with intellectual disabilities makes sexually-oriented comments to women in your church. Parents of a girl with severe disabilities are worn out and turn to your congregation for help. What do you do?
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