Resources for Disability Awareness Week 2022
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October 8: Disability Awareness Sunday for all RCA Churches
October 15: Disability Awareness Sunday for all CRC churches
Theme: Let's end #AbleismAtChurch
Conversations about diversity and equity have become front and center in recent years, but ableism has often been left out of the conversation. By shedding light on ableist practices, churches can improve their hospitality in ways that communicate each person’s worth, dignity, and value.
Definitions of ableism are complex and layered:
Take this short quiz to consider ways in which ableism shows up in churches and everyday life for people with disabilities:
Select true or false for each of the following statements
True or False?
1. Hymns and liturgies regularly equate disabilities such as blindness and deafness with sin, and Christians have told individuals their disability is a result of sin in their life.
True or False?
2. Families of children with atypical, disability-related behaviors are often asked to leave and find a church that better meets their needs.
True or False?
3. Individuals who were taught ableist beliefs as children usually grow out of them.
True or False?
4. In the social model of disability, individuals with disabilities have deficits that need fixing.
True or False?
5. Ableist beliefs and behaviors don’t raise red flags because they’re woven into the fabric of everyday life and simply accepted as the norm.
True or False?
6. Many disabled people have been led to believe that their lives are not worth living.
True or False?
7. People with disabilities are not ableist toward other disabled people.
Quiz answers:
For Disability Awareness Sunday 2022 Disability Concerns has created a bulletin insert, provided song recommendations,
Join us for further conversations to end #AbelismAtChurch:
On August 11 to 12, Disability Concerns hosted our annual leadership training event that focused on dismantling ableism. Consider sharing the recordings (or excerpts of them) with your congregation. This would be a great way to facilitate conversation around ableism within your church.
To access our 2022 Disability Awareness Sunday Bulletin in Spanish visit: 2022 Disability Awareness Bulletin - Spanish
To access our 2022 Disability Awareness Sunday Bulletin in Korean visit: 2022 Disability Awareness Bulletin - Korean
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