Book Review: "Cassie Peters Standing Tall"
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.
Everybody belongs. Everybody serves.
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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.
Disability Concerns is excited to announce the release of our newest resource: Everybody Belongs, Serving Together!
Raising a Rare Girl is the true story of a family's journey with their daughter who was diagnosed with a rare disease and what they learned along the way.
During the month of November, a group of us met to discuss Courage for Caregivers: Sustenance for the Journey. Here are some of our thoughts and takeaways!
The true story of a young woman afflicted with a mental illness, this book details her journey from psychotic episodes and her struggle to both to stay sane and maintain her relationship with God.
An extensive list of books about disabilities and the Christian community.
Barbara Newman's book Helping Kids Include Kids with Disabilities is a great resource for all leaders working with children. Included in this post is a pdf of Barbara's chapter on Autism Spectrum Disorder.
From the title to the final, frightening story with which the book concludes, Shar Boerema clings to hope in God and God’s faithful plan for the lives of everyone she loves.
Disability Concerns has some resources available in Braille that we'll send anywhere for the cost of shipping.
I wanted to share this book that was made available to participants of the Disability Concerns Leadership Training Conference last fall.
This 44-page guide from the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, Palliative Care Toolkit, considers how best to support people who are living with serious illness or are nearing life's end.
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.
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.
Turning Barriers into Bridges presents Biblical, legal, and cultural reasons for making church communications accessible, and it provides specific guidelines to do so.
Effective disability ministry shouts to a world that values perfection, superficial beauty, and power that God and his people value those who seem weak, who depend on others, and who appear insignificant. Disability ministry proclaims that the gospel is for all people regardless of their abilities.
"The Body of Christ and Mental Illness," a statement from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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Children with disabilities are part of God's family, but people don't always treat them that way. In this book you'll discover how to help kids and their leaders welcome and include kids with disabilities at church or school.
Check out these helpful resources for faith leaders working with members of their congregations and their families who are facing mental health challenges.
This resource helps congregations develop spiritual care with children and families facing mental health issues, and includes a framework for care and many sample resources.
Practical advice and poignant stories that illustrate both loving inclusion and painful exclusion of youth with disabilities in church life.
A guidebook to help congregations care for people dealing with disabilities and other long-term needs.
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.
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!