Breaking Barriers Issue 77 - Spring 2008
The theme of this issue is Aging.
Everybody belongs. Everybody serves.
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The theme of this issue is Aging.
The theme of this issue is volunteering, preaching and disability, and more.
This is the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Issue.
The theme of this issue is Caregivers.
In this issue: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder, a modern lament psalm, and more.
In this issue: Hearing impairment, inclusion, and more.
In this issue: A broken neck, toxic noise, Friendship Ministries, and more.
In this issue: Communion for people with cognitive impairments, having a disability in New York City, and more.
In this issue: Depression, doubt, dignity, and more.
In this issue: Suffering, skydiving, multiple sclerosis, and more.
In this issue: Tsunami relief, schizophrenia, and more.
In this issue: Autism Spectrum, mental illness, Hope Centre, and more.
In this issue: A preacher loses his voice, hidden disability, and more.
In this issue: A blind musician, church membership for Julianne who has severe cognitive impairment, and more.
In this issue: Alzheimer's, mental illness, church planting with Friendship, and more.
In this issue: Stuttering, learning disability, and more.
In this issue: Housing issues, cancer, and more.
Our name, Breaking Barriers, takes on new meaning with this issue as Disability Concerns of the Reformed Church in America and of the Christian Reformed Church publish this newsletter together.
In this issue, college students with disabilities describe how they’re being engaged to grow in their faith and discipleship.
This issue of Breaking Barriers describes some of the realities of growing up with disabilities that are not visible, such as mental health challenges, learning disabilities, dyslexia, and Asperger syndrome.
More people with disabilities experience physical, sexual, and emotional abuse than the general population. We hope that this issue will help readers begin to understand the experience of abuse and to respond appropriately.
This issue helps readers understand the grief and the life lessons that disability can bring so that they can respond with empathy to those with an acquired disability and to their loved ones.
Husband and wife, Jeff and Julie Yonker, describe the challenges in learning to live with Jeff’s paralysis as well as the comfort and opportunities God gave them in this journey. This is Julie's perspective.
About 2 percent of adults have a seizure in their lifetime, and one-third of them experience more than one. The stories are written by individuals or their loved ones who have experienced seizures.
The theme of the Fall 2016 issue of Breaking Barriers features stories of people with mild, moderate and severe disabilities who have found meaningful work.