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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski today introduced “Rosa’s Law,†a bill that will eliminate the terms “mental retardation†and “mentally retarded†from the federal law books. U.S. Senator Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo
.), Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, is the Republican sponsor of the bill.
Under Rosa’s Law, those terms would be replaced with “intellectual disability†and “individual with an intellectual disability†in federal education, health and labor law. The bill does not expand or diminish services, rights or educational opportunities. It simply makes the federal law language consistent with that used by the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization and the President of the United States, through his Committee on Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities.
I invite you to make fuller use of our five senses in worship and to infuse them into the elements of your services of worship.
In this series, each column–“‘Do You Hear What I Hear?'” or “A Sound of Silence”, “A Wink of Color”, “Keeping in Touch”, “A Whiff of Faith” and “Tasting the Holy”–lifts up one sense. Its core is simple: Worship is a total experience which involves the whole person. However, worship is as complex as the depths of feeling and the holy connections it evokes. Woven together, environment and ritual invite worship to be an active response to an active God.
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United Church of Christ Disabilities Ministries, www.uccdm.org – Great site for downloading useful resources, networking, posting questions, reflections, conversations.
This brochure was compiled to teach us all a few myth-busters and some simple guidelines for interacting with people with disabilities
Disabilities Ministries Team
Connecticut Conference
2008 Activity
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