Disability Inclusion Resources
Materials and support for creating inclusive environments for people with disabilities.
DISABILITY AND FULL PARTICIPATION
Please see below resources to help your ministry with disability and full participation reasources.
Disability Inclusion Checklist
The Disability Inclusion Checklist is here to help your local mission expression reflect on the inclusion of people with disabilities in your context. The checklist can be used by mission leaders or members keen to advocate for greater disability inclusion
Courtesy of the Australian Territory
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Major Shelley Kerr's Book Recommendations Download
Major Shelley Kerr's Book Recommendations
Book Recommendations (03/01/2024)
Updated: 03/01/2024
My Book Resources
Theology
Brock, Brian Living into the Diversity of Christ’s Body ©2021
Wondrously Wounded ©2019
Eiesland, Nancy L. The Disabled God ©1994
Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability
Fox, Bethany McKinney Disability, and the Way of Jesus ©2019
Holistic Healing in the Gospels and the Church
Gaventa, William C. Disability & Spirituality ©2018
Recovering Wholeness
Hardwick, Lamar Disability and The Church *Also Justice* ©2021
A Vision for Diversity & Inclusion
Hardwick, Lamar How Ableism Fuels Racism *Also Justice* ©2024
Dismantling the Hierarchy of Bodies in the Church
Reynolds, Thomas E. Vulnerable Communion ©2008
A Theology of Disability and Hospitality
Solevag, Anna Rebecca Negotiating the Disabled Body ©2018
(written by a Norwegian Salvationist) Representation of Disability in Early Christian Texts
Tam, Cynthia Kinship in the Household of God ©2021
Towards a Practical Theology of Belonging and Spiritual Care of
People with Profound Autism
Yong, Amos The Bible, Disability and The Church ©2011
A New Vision of the People of God
Justice
Kenny, Amy My Body is not a Prayer Request ©2022
Disability Justice in the Church
Raffety, Erin From Inclusion to Justice ©2022
Disability, Ministry, and Congregational Leadership
Soucie, Michael IN: Difference ©2001
Milberg, Astra A Little Book about Diversity
Hingsburger, David
Children’s Narrative
Evans, Elrena When I Go to Church, I Belong ©2023
Finding My Place in God’s Family as a Child with Special Needs
Practical +
Badetti, Luca I Believe in You ©2018
Wisdom from community with persons with disabilities on believing in
Ourselves and the other
Bowling, Carolyn S. Ya Got People ©2003
Wilder, Jeffrey W. Helping People with Developmental Disabilities Deal with Grief,
Bereavement and Loss
Carter, Erik W. Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities ©2007
A Guide for Service Providers, Families & Congregations
Christensen, Shelly From Longing to Belonging ©2018
A Practical Guide to Including People with Disabilities and Mental Health
In Your Faith Community
Grandin, Temple Visual Thinking ©2022
The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think In Pictures, Patterns,
And Abstractions
Jacques, Michael Can’t Read Can’t Write Here’s My Book ©2018
MacGregor, Laura Beyond Saints & Superheroes: Supporting Parents ©2023
Jorgenson, Allen G Raising Children with Disabilities
Milne, Cara Building Community: Practical Ways to Build Inclusive ©2017
Communities for People Who Are Vulnerable
Morstad, David Whole Community: Introducing Communities of Faith ©2018
To People with Intellectual & Development Disabilities
Newman, Barbara J Accessible Gospel, Inclusive Worship ©2016
Puffer, Tamara Forgetting the Former Things: Brain Injury’s Invitation to ©2019
Vulnerability & Faith
Schellenberg, Angeline Tell Them It Was Mozart : Linking Poems That Uncover the ©2016
Ache & Whimsy of Raising Children on The Autism Spectrum
Van Der Klift, Emma Being Realistic Isn’t Realistic: Collected Essays on Disability, ©2019
Kunc, Norman Identify, Inclusion and Innovation
Guides
Inclusion Handbook Everybody Belongs, Everybody Serves ©2013
2nd Edition A Resource for Disability Advocates
Updated Above Book Everybody Belongs, Everybody Serves ©2021
Inclusive Church Ministry with People with Disabilities
Inclusive Design Our Doors Are Open: Guide for Accessible Congregations ©2018
Research Centre 1st Edition
OCAD University Fully Downloadable Canadian Resource
https://opendoors.idrc.ocadu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Our-Doors-Are-Open-Accessible-PDF.pdf
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My Body Is Not A Prayer Request
An Invitation for Discussion: My Body Is Not A Prayer Request
Prescence to Participation - The Spirit is Not Disabled
This three-week discussion using the 2023 Disability Concerns Book of the Year took place in September. The participants felt the discussion was very meaningful and there was a desire to continue the discussion and take it further into local settings. There are plans being made to host another discussion in the New Year.
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Beyond Saints and Superheroes View Resource
Beyond Saints and Superheroes
Podcast: (Season 3, Episode 7) Allen Jorgenson and Laura MacGregor
Join Amy and Miriam as they talk with Allen Jorgenson and Laura MacGregor about their recent book: "Beyond Saints and Superheroes: Supporting Parents Raising Children with Disabilities - A Practical Guide for Faith Communities."
Available with captions on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4-uwXfrG7wU
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Broadview Webinar Series View Resource
Broadview Webinar Series
Prescence to Participation - The Spirit is Not Disabled
Major Shelley Kerr (Divisional Headquarters, Bermuda) and Major Christine Johnston (Broadview Village) have both been involved in ministry with people with disabilities for a few years. They have both come to recognize that people with disability, who are often seen as those with needs actually have much to offer our faith communities. Throughout the past few years Shelley and Christine both have developed a growing passion to see all people, regardless of their ability, fully engaged in our Corps and other ministry units. In Christine's own life experience, she has discovered that her disabilities may cause some limitations and challenges but they are also a gift of God that allow her to minister effectively and often from a unique standpoint.
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The Adapted Way View Resource
The Adapted Way
Our mission is to equip churches with the tools and resources they need to accommodate students with disabilities in their ministries and programs and to present the gospel to them in a way that is accessible. Our dream for this mission is that behavioral and instructional barriers will no longer stand in the way of students learning about who Jesus is and his love for them.
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Disability Inclusion Toolkit View Resource
Disability Inclusion Toolkit
These resources are intended to encourage and equip Salvo's to include people with disabilities more effectively and authentically in The Salvation Army mission. Disability inclusion is about creating mission expressions where people with disabilities experience welcome and belonging. Ensuring they have equitable opportunities to engage with mission, discipleship, and leadership within The Salvation Army.
Courtesies to the Disability Inclusion and Mission Support Dept of the Australian Territory
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STATEMENT OF POSITION View Resource
STATEMENT OF POSITION
All people are made in the image of God and are of equal intrinsic value. Thus, The Salvation Army celebrates difference and seeks to treat all people with dignity and respect. Many people around the world experience discrimination due to disabilities. The reality ranges from stigma or negative attitudes to deeply engrained and systemic exclusion. The Salvation Army's response is to go beyond minimum national legal requirements and to make it possible for persons with disabilities to be fully included and to flourish. We know less of who God is and how God appears in the world when people with disabilities are excluded. Inclusion is beneficial for everyone. Diversity within our communities and congregations strengthens us and shapes our mission and ministry. The aim of all Salvationist practice is to ensure that we are a church that makes the embodied gospel accessible for all.
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The Journey Toward Full Participation Recording Download
Major Catherine Spiller has made the recording to The Journey Toward Full Participation presentation with subtitles.
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Disability Inclusion Checklist Download
The Disability Inclusion Checklist is here to help your local mission expression reflect on the inclusion of people with disabilities in your context. The checklist can be used by mission leaders or members keen to advocate for greater disability inclusion
Courtesy of the Australian Territory
