Editors Note: Although the following article by Henry Reiff focuses particularly on persons with learning disabilities, it is a helpful contribution to our understanding of all persons who have disabilities.)
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Pastor and 13-year-old acolyte, both wheelchair users, have ramp to access the chancel.
Comments closedArticle written by Norma S. Mengel, June 2000
Comments closedThe Rev. Doris Powell has been the Director of Finance and Treasurer of the United Church of Christ since 1990. In the current structure, she is one of three officers of the Church, along with the President and the Secretary. This is not a position she ever expected to hold. But then, a lot of things in her life have not been as she expected. Until she was in her early 30s, Doris was a physically active person. She loved backpacking, canoeing, camping – any noncompetitive outdoor sport that got her into nature. She looked forward to living some day in Colorado where she planned on hiking to her heart’s content. All of that changed when she was diagnosed with severe rheumatoid arthritis. For the first six months, she had constant acute pain. Then, medication and an exercise regimen began to help, and she felt very thankful not to be in as much pain.
Comments closedWritten by Tony Lewis In 1993, just before General Synod 19 in St. Louis, my partner, Donald Lawrence, and I, Tony Lewis, stayed with a…
Comments closedYou open your church’s front door and enter without a thought. If advancing years or a temporary, progressive, or permanent disability has diminished your strength, you may still open the door enough for a foot or shoulder wedge. Then, thrusting your body against the door, you are in. That is, if you could grasp the handle while managing a walker or cane. Or, you pound on the door and wait because you are a child or your wheelchair reach does not afford the leverage necessary to budge the door.
Comments closedExperience a mental illness and there is a good chance you will be put in jail – really! With a lack of community based treatment…
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