A Preaching, Traveling Quadriplegic
Traveling when you depend on a ventilator to breath requires a great deal of planning. Caregivers are also a part of the travel plans.
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Traveling when you depend on a ventilator to breath requires a great deal of planning. Caregivers are also a part of the travel plans.
Mark shares about family trips and the planning involved in order to make sure that his daughter who lives with multiple disabilities was properly cared for and accommodated so that all family members could participate in the vacation.
Though many important accessibility issues have yet to be addressed, Syd, a paraplegic, encourages those in the disability community to consider traveling and experiencing new places if you can!
Erica shares her unique form of worship: playing the flute from her pew seat on Sunday. Her beautiful notes encourage connection and encouragement from her community.
The world around me presupposes sight, and that is the greatest frustration. If you cannot see, the world does not see you.
Technology can play a key role in becoming a welcoming and engaging everyone in our community. Are we using accessible technology properly and effectively?
Casey Dutmer has been blind from birth and knows first hand the challenges in making worship accessible. Here she shares some ideas and insights she's learned along the way.
In this piece, Nicole writes about being blind, and about all the ways that God has used her to further his kingdom here on earth.
Kent became blind at age 13 when surgery to remove benign brain tumors severed the optic nerve. Here he shares how a church community can play a key role in supporting one another.
In this article, the concept of giving thanks in all circumstances is explored. How can one use their experiences to bring glory to God?
Weighing benefits, side-effects, and costs make decisions about medications challenging.
Finding the right medications has taken decades for Michèle Gyselinck.
I am grateful for medications and for health insurance, but I resent being treated like a criminal when I seek help.
God used my brain chemistry to draw me into a fuller reliance upon him. I may recoil at the idea of dependence, but it is God’s way.
Love, support, and a heaping dose of laughter have helped Michelle McIlroy trust that God is using various medications to bring her back into life with her family, church, and community.
When preparing for a house concert, Paul Helm decided to hire a piano tuner, Tony Rodriguez, who has autism. The piano sounded beautiful for the concert.
Kathy Nimmer’s visual decline brought grief, depression, anorexia, hopelessness, and over time a deep assurance that she has innate value as a child of God.