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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.
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.
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.
This article offers encouragement, reassurance, and hope to caregivers and those who are supporting individuals with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD).
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.
This article is part of our Summer 2020 Breaking Barriers. This installment focuses on parents of loved ones living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Jeannette Versteeg is Evan's mom. She is his #1 advocate, working to ensure that his community fully embraces him. Often she runs into roadblocks because Evan has Down Syndrome.
Down syndrome—Authors describe some of the joys and challenges they and their church have experienced in loving and living with someone with Down syndrome.
The adoption agency director calmly said amid our excitement, “Just wait, Anna. They think that he might have Down syndrome.” Nonchalantly, I replied, “Oh, Ok.” He kindly encouraged us to take the weekend to think about and pray about our decision.
I am so thankful for the discipleship of Jean Vanier, and I remain thankful for the people carrying on his ministry, those who are simply the latest to arrive.
I was almost born. Actually, I was five months old and in my mother’s tummy. My mother had a test done and when the results came in, a nurse called the house and asked my parents, “So, when will you terminate this pregnancy?”
Our world may not end pre-natal testing, but as people of faith, we can support and be supported by people like Zachary and Christine. God’s world, we, will be richer for it.
Beth shares her experience with Friendship Bible Studies that affirms “when you learn you teach and when you teach you learn.” Listen to more of her story below!
Rev. Dr. Joanne Van Sant, Church Advocate in Ridgewood, NJ, shares a story of witnessing God's grace when “everything was just right in that moment.”
Our newest Bible study, “The Magi: Unexpected Guests,” takes a deep look at Matthew 2:1-12. We chose this passage in part because it highlights the idea that Jesus is the savior for ALL people.
All people--regardless of ability--are created in God's image and have a role to fulfill in the Body of Christ. Friendship Ministries can help you discover how to reach out to these precious souls who are too often neglected by the Church.
Friendship Ministries provides Bible study curriculum that can help your church minister with adults who have intellectual disability.
TOGETHER, a new, inclusive Bible Study from Friendship Ministries, uses a wide range of teaching techniques to help participants apply the lessons to their own lives.
If you could take the vision of the body of Christ, as described in 1 Corinthians 12, and put it into practice in supported care homes, you would embody the practices described in this new book by Cara Milne.
What can we Christians do in light of this painful news? Here’s a humble suggestion: pray for shalom. Pray for physical and emotional healing for the victim, his parents, family, and friends.
Engraved Upon the Heart by Hwarang Moon makes a good case for something dear to my own heart as an ordained pastor in the Reformed tradition and as the father of a daughter who has severe intellectual disability.
What is a worship “disruption”? If someone is really excited about worship and cries out during the service, is he or she disrupting the service or participating in the service?
In this touching video, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities recite Psalm 139.
A study on the needs of families who live with disabilities and their desires for church.