Resources
Websites
n Access Ministry, McLean Bible Church
– http://www.mcleanbible.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=132215
n Joni & Friends International Disability Center
– http://www.joniandfriends.org
n Key Ministry
n The Inclusive Church
– http://theinclusivechurch.wordpress.com/
n Friendship Ministries
n Religion and Spirituality Division of the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
– http://www.aaiddreligion.org/
n Disabilities and Faith
– http://www.disabilitiesandfaith.org/
n Heart of the Caregiver
– http://www.theheartofthecaregiver.com
n Interfaith Disability Connection
– http://www.interfaithdisability.org
n Interfaith Initiative of he American Association of People With Disabilities (AAPD)
– http://www.aapd.com/site/c.pvI1IkNWJqE/b.5606969/k.7853/AAPD_Interfaith_Initiative.htm
n Interfaith Disability Network
– http://www.interfaithdisability.org/
n National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
n Family Connection of South Carolina
– http://www.familyconnectionsc.org
n South Carolina Respite Coalition
– http://www.screspitecoalition.org/
Books
n A Place for All: Ministry with Youth with Special Needs
– 2008, John Barone and The Monarch School, Winona, MN: St. Mary's Press
n Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities: A Guide for Service Providers, Families and Congregations
– Erik Carter, Paul Brookes Publishing, 2007
n Learning Disabilities and the Church: Including All God's Kids in Your Education and Worship
– Cynthia Holder Rich and Martha Ross Mosckaitis, FaithAliveResources
n Let All the Children Come to Me: A practical guide for including children with disabilities in your church ministries
– M. Breeding, .K. Hood, J. Whitwork, Cook Communication Ministries publisher
n Special Needs Special Ministry for Children's Ministry
– Jim Pierson, Louise Tucker Jones, Pat Verbal, 2004, Group publishing, Inc.
n That All May Worship: An Interfaith Handbook to Assist Congregations in Welcoming People with Disabilities
– look under interfaith initiative. American Association of People with Disabilities
n The Child with Autism Learns the Faith
– Kathy Labosh, Future Horizons Autism Site
n Welcome One; Welcome All
– Institute on Pastoral Initiatives, University of Dayton, Institute of Pastoral Initiatives
n The Heart of the Caregiver, an 8-week in-depth study of God’s Word for today’s family caregiver
– Mary Tutterow, online at http://www.theheartofthecaregiver.com
Video
n “We Will Not Be Hidden”, a film by Muslims with ‘Disabilities’.
– Part 1: http://youtu.be/WtyuLbQwqu8
– Part 2: http://youtu.be/R6RsJuqvLnE
– Part 3: http://youtu.be/I66rSyohLkE
n “Praying with Lior” , a film about a young man with Down syndrome as he approaches Bar Mitzvah, the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony.
– http://www.prayingwithlior.com.
n “Welcome to Our World, a Message to Pastors”.
– http://mbctysons.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=98657
n “Top Ten List to Start a Disability Ministry”.
– http://mbctysons.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=98658
n “A Place for All”, Faith and Community for Persons with Disabilities.
– http://www.divacommunications.com/programs/documentaries/a-place-for-all/
Christian
n American Baptist Church
– http://www.nationalministries.org/disability_ministries/
n Anabaptist
n Assemblies of God
– http://www.ag.org/sundayschool/Training_and_Helps/Special_Needs/index.cfm
– http://www.enabled2serve.com/
n Church of the Brethren
– http://www.brethren.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Disabilities_ministry
n Church of the Nazarene
– http://www.nazarenecompassion.org/
n Episcopalian
– http://www.disability99.org/
n Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
– http://www.elca.org/Growing-In-Faith/Ministry/Disability-Ministries/Resources.aspx
n Free Methodist Church
– http://www.freemethodistchurch.org/Magazine/Articles/Mar-Apr_2005/onemoresoul.htm
n Latter Day Saints
– http://disabilities.lds.org/disabilities/eng/
n Orthodox Christian
– http://armsopenwide.wordpress.com/resources-2/
n Presbyterian Church in America
– http://pcamna.org/specialneeds/
n Presbyterian Church (USA)
– http://gamc.pcusa.org/ministries/curriculum/people_special_needs/
– http://gamc.pcusa.org/ministries/phewa/disability_concerns_consultants/
n Reformed Church
n Roman Catholic
– http://www.catholicdisabilityteachings.com/
– http://www.disabilitiesandfaith.org/resources/guidebooks/GuidingPrinciplesInclusionLiturgy.pdf
n Seventh Day Adventist
– http://www.nadadventist.org/article.php?id=25&search=disabilities
n Southern Baptist
– http://www.lifeway.com/menu/?id=201144&CID=RDR-SpecialNeeds
– http://www.namb.net/disabilities/
n The Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod
– http://www.lcms.org/page.aspx?pid=913
n Unitarian Universalist
– www.uua.org/leaders/idm/accessibility
n United Church of Christ
n United Methodist Church
– http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/work/health/disc/taskforce/
Islam
n Islam
– http://improvinginclusion.blogspot.com/
n Islamic Society of North America
– http://www.isna.net/Leadership/pages/WHERE-DO-WE-GO-FROM-HERE.aspx
n “Islam and Disability: Perspectives in Theology and Jurisprudence”, Mohammed Ghaly, 2010.
Jewish
n Jewish
n United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
– http://www.uscj.org/Accessibility7508.html
n Union for Reform Judaism
– http://urj.org/life/community/disabilities/
