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My Opportunities. My Choices.
This 5-minute video interviews people with Down syndrome from 39 countries, looking at their enjoyment of full and equal rights and the role of their families.
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February 13, 2015
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Letter Concerning the Supreme Court of Canada Decision on Assisted Suicide
On February 6, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Canada’s existing laws against assisted suicide are unconstitutional. The national dialogue needs the voices of Christians who speak into the deeply controversial issue.
January 19, 2015
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My Life? My Choice?
Suicide is a threat to society. The idea that my body and my life are my own business and no one else’s has led to a staggering rise in the suicide rate and to the movement to legalize assisting it.
December 27, 2014
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Not a Piece of Furniture
They wouldn’t want anyone treating one of their kids like a forgettable piece of furniture!
December 3, 2014
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Everybody Serves: The Church Needs Every Piece to Create the Whole Picture
This webinar teaches ways to recognize that every individual, including persons with disabilities, has been created with gifts that are needed by the body of Christ.
October 14, 2014
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Working With Church Leadership
Church Disability Advocates seek to promote the full inclusion of persons with disabilities in the life of the local congregation so that everybody belongs and everybody serves. They can make significant progress in this work if church leadership supports them.
October 14, 2014
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Ideas for Connecting & Advocating With People With Disabilities
Disability advocacy can feel lonely. With years of advocacy experience, two veteran advocates inspire and guide people who are working to help churches become the welcoming and engaging communities that God calls them to be.
October 13, 2014
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Sharing the 5 Stages: Changing Attitudes About Disability
The Five Stages is a continuum of disability attitudes created by Dan Vander Plaats of Elim Christian Services. In this video, Dan briefly describes the continuum and how one can present this continuum.
October 13, 2014
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Disability Advocate Job Descriptions
These job descriptions give guidelines for volunteer disability advocates who serve individual churches and groups of churches.
September 11, 2014
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The Power of Connection
One Sunday morning, sitting in middle of row, Ryan was having a very hard time. Several times, during the sermon, he made shriek-like screams, frightening noises. He was scaring people in church. Pastor Steve wondered what to do.
August 26, 2014
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Litany for Disability Awareness Worship Service
A responsive reading
August 23, 2014
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The Ten Commandments—God's Will Concerning Disabilities
A responsive reading
August 7, 2014
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Measuring What Families Want
A study on the needs of families who live with disabilities and their desires for church.
August 4, 2014
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How Labels Limit Us
As Teddie-Joy Remhild celebrates her 81st birthday, having lived 45 of those years as a blind woman, she reflects on the degree that limiting labels and perceptions have impacted her life.
July 28, 2014
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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Ratifying this international treaty will not right all the wrongs committed against people with disabling conditions, but it puts a line in the sand that squares with the message of Jesus.
July 10, 2014
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A Church for People of All Abilities
In the May/June 2014 issue of the UMC's mission magazine the articles include embracing deaf ministry, ministering with a disability, and the value of doing an accessibility audit.
July 7, 2014
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Welcoming People With Developmental Disabilities and Their Families: A Practical Guide for Congregations
Check out this great little booklet on how to include and welcome people with developmental disabilities, together with their families. Written by Courtney Taylor, Erik W. Carter and others.
July 7, 2014
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The Other Six Days
A social scientist, Erik Carter started his keynote address at the 2014 Summer Institute on Disability and Theology by saying he would be "preaching from Numbers." With data, he established the opportunity congregations and other communities of faith have to "welcome, receive, and be hospitable" every day of the week.
July 7, 2014
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Youth on the Margins?
A bulletin insert addressing the needs of the youth, living with disabilities and church inclusion.
July 7, 2014
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Expressing Faith in Jesus
This revised edition and brand new resource kit guides Friendship leaders/mentors, elders, pastors, and families as they help persons with cognitive impairments prepare to express their faith and become full members of a faith community.
July 5, 2014
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Friendship Ministries
Our Mission is to share God’s love with people who have intellectual disability and to enable them to become an active part of God’s family.
June 19, 2014
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Quick Facts About Disability Concerns
A synopsis of what Disability Concerns is all about.
June 19, 2014
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Tips for Optimum Readability
This list gives practical ways that churches can make their communication more accessible to people with visual impairments.
June 9, 2014
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The 5 Stages of Disability Attitudes
The 5 Stages is a simple tool for describing the journey of disability attitudes experienced by people in relationship with others who have disabilities.
May 31, 2014
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How Communion Trains Us in God’s Hospitality
Communion and Disability