ACCESS SUNDAY
“Not everybody has a minister like Diana,” said 13-year-old Scott Pigsley of Lincoln, NE. “Things like this tell other wheelchair-users we won’t banish you from our church.”
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This guide provides tips on what to look for if you want your meeting to be fully accessible to all people. Go to .
Comments closedRefer in particular to Chapter 1 Terms for God Chapter 2 Other Religious Terms Chapter 3 Emerging Terms and Bias-Free Usage Chapter 4 Trademarks and…
Comments closedThe other day, as my dog guide and I walked to the mail drop box, we passed three playing children. One piped up, “Are you the blind lady?”
Ignoring an older girl’s attempt to shush him, I said, “Yes, I’m blind, and I’m left-handed, too.”
Comments closedSometimes it takes awhile for the hyphen to disappear. Two words expressing a unit idea first accept a hyphen then release it to form a compound word. Basket and ball were once separate words that became basket-ball, then basketball.
At a wedding dinner, the curiosity of a young boy prompted him to pull up a chair. He was full of wanting to hear about my dog guide, I thought.
After some dog talk, he paused. “Then, you’re not afraid of the dark,” he said with the relieved voice of one who might be. “I’m not afraid of the dark with Leader Dog Treasure,” I said, Both of us knew we had gotten rid of the hyphen, and he went off with a friend.
Comments closedAbout elevators and chair lifts in places of worship.
Comments closedWritten by Dan Wilkins
(from http://www.thenthdegree.com/intacces.asp)
As I was getting out of my van in the parking lot of an area store this older woman with white hair pulled into the accessible parking space next to mine. I sat on the lift waiting for her to get out of her car and lock the door. She had a placard on the dash. Suddenly, as she was making sure she had her keys, a man walking by stopped, took one look at me, and addressed her somewhat demonstratively, saying, “You can’t park there!!!†He pointed at the sign and then at me. “That space is for people who use wheelchairs…You can’t park there.†This guy, it seemed, was trying to advocate for ME!
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