This article outlines the role of the church advocate and provides the steps from considering being a church advocate to working within the role.
Regional Advocates are invaluable to our work in Disability Concerns. Interested in learning more about the role? This roadmap should provide you with the answers!
As we draw near to the end of 2020, it's important that we take time to both lament and reflect on the important lessons we have learned about community.
Anxiety and depression are rising in the turbulent wake of COVID-19. Read about a free, downloadable study series that Disability Concerns has available to help churches discuss depression and mental illness.
Looking for a book club to get you through the winter? Join us for John Swinton's new book Finding Jesus in the Storm: The Spiritual Lives of Christians with Mental Health Challenges.
Traveling with a disability can be challenging, if not difficult, and memories of such adventures can be instructive, hurtful, hilarious, and more. Read about some of these adventures!
Tema: Viajar con una discapacidad
El viajar con una discapacidad puede llegar a ser un reto, si es que no dificultoso, y los recuerdos de aquellas aventuras de seguro instructivas, dolorosas, cómicas y mucho más. Las personas con diversas discapacidades comparten algunas de sus experiencias sobre este tema.
장애를 가지고 여행하는 것은 아주 어렵지는 않더라도 도전적일 수 있고, 이런 모험의 기억은 교훈적이고, 아프고, 재미있고, 또 그 이상일 수 있습니다. 다양한 장애를 가진 사람들은 이 문제에 대한 경험의 일부를 나눕니다.
Over the course of October, we invited five speakers to come together to discuss caregiving. Each one brought a unique perspective to the conversation!
2020 년 여름호 │ 주제 : 태아 알코올 증후군
태아 알코올 증후군 (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
,FASD)을 앓고 있는 사람의 부모는 2세대 이전에는 알지
못했던 예상치 못한 어려운 평생 장애의 현실을 깨닫게
됩니다.
Disability Concerns will be hosting two book clubs: one in November and one in the new year. Join us!
Los padres de seres queridos que viven con el Trastorno del espectro alcohólico fetal se enfrentan a las realidades de esta discapacidad inesperada, difícil y de por vida que era hace dos generaciones era desconocida.
Are we making space in our churches for necessary conversations about mental health? This resource, designed with small groups in mind, will help break the silence around mental health.
While the individual living with FASD may have a challenging time sustaining relationships, the family that surrounds this person could benefit from community support. How can we support each other?
While a family had the best of intentions welcoming an adopted child into their home, the information on how to support a child with FASD has been lacking.
The Summer 2020 issue features parents of loved ones living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder come to grips with the realities of this unexpected, difficult, lifelong disability.
Tasked with raising her two grandchildren, a grandmother shares her heartbreaking journey of trying to support her eldest granddaughter who was diagnosed with an alcohol-related neurological disorder.
September is suicide prevention month. In order to address this epidemic, we need to share our stories. Here is one such story.
September is National Suicide Prevention and Recovery Month. Mental Health Ministries has created resources to support our faith communities as we work towards ensuring everyone has proper access to mental health care.
Disability Concerns hosted their first fully online Leadership Training event this year! It was a very successful event that focused on the theme of agility.
The conference was scheduled for April 25 at Community CRC in Kitchener, ON. Now it will be hosted as a series on Thursdays in October at 12 pm Eastern. Join us!
White Picket Fences: Turning toward Love in a World Divided by Privilege, by author Amy Julia Becker, is a must-read today as we look at the topics of race, disability, and privilege.
Disability Concerns Ministry congratulates Terry DeYoung, coordinator of the Disability Concerns ministry for the RCA, on receiving the 2020 Henri Nouwen Award.
People with disabilities tend to be highly agile because they must navigate physical and social structures that are created by and for people who do not have disabilities.
Resources to help all children feel like they are a vital part of the community.