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This article outlines the role of the church advocate and provides the steps from considering being a church advocate to working within the role.
Regional Advocates are invaluable to our work in Disability Concerns. Interested in learning more about the role? This roadmap should provide you with the answers!
Anxiety and depression are rising in the turbulent wake of COVID-19. Read about a free, downloadable study series that Disability Concerns has available to help churches discuss depression and mental illness.
Looking for a book club to get you through the winter? Join us for John Swinton's new book Finding Jesus in the Storm: The Spiritual Lives of Christians with Mental Health Challenges.
Traveling with a disability can be challenging, if not difficult, and memories of such adventures can be instructive, hurtful, hilarious, and more. Read about some of these adventures!
Tema: Viajar con una discapacidad
El viajar con una discapacidad puede llegar a ser un reto, si es que no dificultoso, y los recuerdos de aquellas aventuras de seguro instructivas, dolorosas, cómicas y mucho más. Las personas con diversas discapacidades comparten algunas de sus experiencias sobre este tema.
장애를 가지고 여행하는 것은 아주 어렵지는 않더라도 도전적일 수 있고, 이런 모험의 기억은 교훈적이고, 아프고, 재미있고, 또 그 이상일 수 있습니다. 다양한 장애를 가진 사람들은 이 문제에 대한 경험의 일부를 나눕니다.
Over the course of October, we invited five speakers to come together to discuss caregiving. Each one brought a unique perspective to the conversation!
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.
Are we making space in our churches for necessary conversations about mental health? This resource, designed with small groups in mind, will help break the silence around mental health.
While the individual living with FASD may have a challenging time sustaining relationships, the family that surrounds this person could benefit from community support. How can we support each other?
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.
The Summer 2020 issue features parents of loved ones living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder come to grips with the realities of this unexpected, difficult, lifelong disability.
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.
September is National Suicide Prevention and Recovery Month. Mental Health Ministries has created resources to support our faith communities as we work towards ensuring everyone has proper access to mental health care.
The conference was scheduled for April 25 at Community CRC in Kitchener, ON. Now it will be hosted as a series on Thursdays in October at 12 pm Eastern. Join us!
People with disabilities tend to be highly agile because they must navigate physical and social structures that are created by and for people who do not have disabilities.
Resources to help all children feel like they are a vital part of the community.
An extensive list of books about disabilities and the Christian community.
We are excited to announce we will be offering our annual Disability Concerns Leadership Training Event online this year! Save the date for August 5 and 6, 2020.
Every church should be a place where everyone belongs and everyone serves, but often people with disabilities are inadvertently overlooked and not able to participate fully in the life of the church.
This document offers guidelines for planning meetings and events to ensure that all participants with visual impairments can participate fully and safely.
This article identifies several disempowering attitudes that create a lack of trust in the church of people who are blind or have low vision.
In this article, we offers tips and resources for providing the same information that sighted people benefit from to those with visual impairments.