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The ADA (the Americans with Disabilities Act) celebrates it's 32nd anniversary this month! Here a disability advocate shares her top four disability etiquette tips.
The Disability Concerns Canada Spring 2022 Newsletter editorial by Jenna Hoff focuses on how we can come together as a community.
Learn more about our upcoming ableism training event happening August 11 and 12!
"Advocacy means there are no persons left on the sidelines."
Elly shares her experience of asking for help in a grocery store, and the unexpected outcome that came from her example.
Your church can take a few simple steps so that every child will feel welcomed and included in your summer activities.
The Spring 2022 issue of Breaking Barriers features young people with disabilities. Read their stories!
RCA-CRC Disability Concerns won four awards this year at the "Best of the Church Press" ceremony at the annual Associated Church Press Convention.
If you are interested in learning about ableism, we would love for you to join us for a Disability Concerns Training August 11 and 12, 2022.
The Inclusion Coffeehouse in Hamilton, ON, is run by people with and without intellectual disabilities. It's a place where everyone is known and loved exactly as they are.
My hope is that churches aren’t waiting for teens and young adults to get older to serve the community.
I felt like I wasn’t allowed to be who I wanted to be, because I had to be the disabled kid.
Being diagnosed at 22 also came with other complications: I get told, “You’re young, so you wouldn’t understand chronic pain.”
...while I’m human, make mistakes like everyone else, and have these physical differences, I’m perfect in God’s eyes, and that’s what matters.
In particular, high school was hard because I felt so different from my friends and classmates.
Cassie is a twelve year old girl with Cerebral Palsy. In a new school, with a new group of friends, Cassie works on understanding how unique and special she is.
How can we not walk away from the race after crossing our own finish lines but instead continue to make a safe path and a loving cheering section for those still on the course?
Take a short quiz to consider ways in which ableism shows up in churches and everyday life for people with disabilities.
The Disability Concerns Canada Winter 2022 Newsletter is here! This issue focuses on mental health.
Kate Bowler's book, No Cure for Being Human, offered space to share the challenges of life together as a community.
Learn more about the work of Disability Concerns, including information on connecting, advocating, and serving together.
Michèle Gyselinck shares openly about her life living with mental health issues.
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a sharp rise in the number of persons experiencing mental illness, especially anxiety and depression.
While everyone understands we are all part of the body of Christ, not everyone knows how to be inclusive. “As regional advocates, we are that missing piece.”
Are you part of the Disability Concerns community? If so, we would like to pay for you to attend the Faith Inclusion Network Conference with us. Sign up today!