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We often think about accessibility in terms of buildings, but website design can enhance or detract from usefulness too. This evaluator helps webmasters discern what they are doing well and what needs to be improved.
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.
It’s summertime! That means school is out and your church is most likely working on its summer programming. Your church can take a few simple steps so that every child will feel welcomed and included in your summer activities.
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.
Pastor and author Ed Dobson talks about the surprising man God used in his life to push him toward God and toward hope after Dobson was diagnosed with ALS over 10 years ago.
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.
A bulletin insert addressing the needs of the youth, living with disabilities and church inclusion.
This guide helps to identify the signs and symptoms of common mental health issues for college students and where and when to seek help.
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.
Are you interested in nurturing the spiritual growth of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder? Check out this helpful resource!
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.
This article by Joan Huyser-Honig from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship examines communion from the perspective of people with disabilities and concludes, "The cultivation of daily gratitude, receiving all of life as gift—the training for that is at the table."
Yikes! Statistics suggest that people with autism are seven times as likely as someone without autism to be involved with law officers as a victim, witness or offender. This resource can help change that.
How do you recognize each other's gifts and support each other's needs while avoiding a "you're not like us" attitude? A feature story explores ways to be inclusive in worship and make room for those with or without special needs.
A synopsis of what Disability Concerns is all about.
In this issue we explore ways chronic pain affects individuals and how churches might respond.
These are the Disability Emphasis Week devotionals (volume 2) by special education teacher Barbara Newman.
These are the Disability Emphasis Week devotionals (volume 1) by special education teacher Barbara Newman.
This hymn was commissioned for a national conference on disabilities hosted by Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. Presbyterians for Disability Concerns has posted it on their website. This hymn was included in the United Church of Canada’s hymnal supplement, More Voices.
The 5 Stages is a simple tool for describing the journey of disability attitudes experienced by people in relationship with others who have disabilities.
This print resource was first produced 20 years ago. Disability Concerns has been using it ever since then, because it provides so much helpful information and practical ideas—not just for including people in worship—but in all of church life.
The Lord calls us as his covenant people to care for each other. We who belong to Christ must answer his call to serve each other in his name...
A number of Bible texts to help you with sermons or meditations on disabilities.
Based on Genesis 1:26-28, a great children's message about being created in the image of God.
What makes a human life worth living? Productivity – how much someone is accomplishing in life? The value of every single human comes from what she/he is: a creature made in God's image.