Written by the Rev. Dallas Dee Brauninger
The attitude was different the first day I entered that gathering room with a mobility cane.
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Checking in around your interests
Written by the Rev. Doris R. Powell
I WAS THIRTY-TWO. I’d just been backpacking in Colorado and was painting my house when I began to experience mysterious symptoms: swelling and pain in my hands, then an elbow, soon my shoulders, knees, and ankles. I went to work swathed in ace bandages. Within two months, I’d been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.
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Written by Nancy Eiesland
I have been part of several congregations whose practice of receiving Eucharist includes filing to the front of the sanctuary and kneeling at the communion rail. Often, because I am either in a wheelchair or using crutches, an usher alerts me that I need not go forward for the Eucharist. Instead, I am offered the sacrament at my seat after everyone else has been served.
Comments closedThis access guide is a comprehensive resource, enabling persons with disabilities to participate in the life of the church. Please share this with members of your denominations, organizations and networks.
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Comments closedReflections from a Different Journey
Edited by Stanley D. Klein, Ph.D. and John D. Kemp
Reviewed by Linda Jean H. Larson, M. A. T. Coordinator, Committee on Disabilities, National Council of Churches USA
What Adults with Disabilities Wish All Parents Knew, Reflections from a
Different Journey is a must read for anyone disabled or non. It is
excellent for anyone who is exploring disability for the first time as
well as those well versed in the area of disability. Its greatest asset is
the openness that comes across by all the writers.
Designing for People with Partial Sight and Color Deficiencies
by Aries Arditi, PhD
This web page contains three basic guidelines for making effective color choices
that work for nearly everyone. Following the guidelines are explanations of the
three perceptual attributes of color — hue, lightness and saturation — as they
are used by vision scientists.
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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