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Breaking Barriers Spring 2021
Individuals share their stories about the unique social challenges and limited opportunities that come with being Black, Indigenous, or a person of color living with a disability.
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April 24, 2021
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Editor’s Note: Our Work Toward Equity
In one Disability Concerns workshop exercise, participants are asked to identify a number of personal characteristics that society values, including ones related to ethnicity and ability. Through this, we can begin addressing systems that privilege some but not others.
April 23, 2021
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The Joy I Find in Living with MS
Angela has lived with multiple sclerosis for 35 years, yet how she experienced life with MS was a choice.
April 22, 2021
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Cognitive Disabilities Often Ignored
Yolanda shares her experience of living with an invisible disability within a culture and a community that does not understand her diagnosis or how it will affect her life.
April 21, 2021
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COVID’s effect on marginalized groups
Access to care, support, and the vaccine over the course of the pandemic has been a greater challenge for people living on the margins of our society. Churches must take steps to educate people and eliminate these inequalities.
April 20, 2021
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Being Black and Disabled in Corporate America
Being Black and having a visible disability (cerebral palsy) has meant that Marcus has lost out on opportunities simply because people judge his appearance without knowing anything about him.
April 19, 2021
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Support Students; Don’t Villainize Them
Dr. Watts has seen first hand the significant challenges of unconscious bias that many Black students have had to deal with and the devastating effects they can have.
February 19, 2021
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Breaking Barriers Winter 2021
During the pandemic, people with disabilities found that some barriers to participation actually were removed. The articles in this issue tell a few of those stories of unexpected access.
February 17, 2021
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Singing Hymns, Checking In
Out of adversity grew a larger sense of community.
November 23, 2020
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Breaking Barriers Fall 2020
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!
November 19, 2020
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Traveling Blind
Living with blindness means relying on the support of others to guide you through life at times. Traveling is one of those times.
November 19, 2020
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The Challenges of Motion Sickness
For me, traveling mostly involves managing motion sickness. Still, I count my blessings, because traveling for many others living with disabilities is much more complicated than it is for me.
September 25, 2020
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Needing a Community of Support
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?
September 25, 2020
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Surrounded by Support, but Completely Alone
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.
September 25, 2020
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Breaking Barriers - Summer 2020
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.
September 25, 2020
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FASD: Finding Hope Amid Despair!
This article offers encouragement, reassurance, and hope to caregivers and those who are supporting individuals with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD).
September 25, 2020
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When the System Fails a Child
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 25, 2020
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Editorial: The Heartbreak of FASD Continues
This article is part of our Summer 2020 Breaking Barriers. This installment focuses on parents of loved ones living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
March 17, 2020
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Breaking Barriers—Spring 2020
People with visual impairments or blindness tell stories of welcome, rejection, and finding their way in life and in the church.
December 5, 2019
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Breaking Barriers—Winter 2020
Many people take medications for pain, for rheumatoid arthritis, for seizures, and for other reasons. In this issue, authors describe the role of medication in their lives and its impact on their faith in God.
September 18, 2019
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Breaking Barriers—Fall 2019
Deaf and Hard of Hearing—Authors who are hard of hearing or live with family members with hearing loss describe personal challenges and how hearing loss impacts their experience in the church.
May 29, 2019
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Breaking Barriers—Summer 2019
Down syndrome—Authors describe some of the joys and challenges they and their church have experienced in loving and living with someone with Down syndrome.
March 9, 2019
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Breaking Barriers—Spring 2019
Mental Health and Spiritual Practice—Authors describe how their own or a loved one’s mental illness has shaped their faith and spiritual practice where the rhythms of mental wellness, devotional life, and personal discipleship intersect.
February 27, 2019
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Breaking Barriers - Winter 2019
In this issue people who are involved in disability advocacy describe how and why they engage in advocacy with people who have disabilities and the challenges they face.
September 19, 2018
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Breaking Barriers - Fall 2018
Inclusive Small Groups: This issue describes how people with and without disabilities such as hearing loss, intellectual disability, dementia, and mental illnesses have been welcomed in small group ministry.