Accessibility
Family Support Group
The Arcdiocesan Office of Outreach to Persons with Disabilities announces a Family Support Group for parents and family members who have children with Intellectual Cognitive Disabilities.
Recommended web sites for parishioners (those with disabilities and their family members and caregivers), who want information about disabilities and accessibility issues.
Sites which provide information designed to encourage and support the accessibility of religious organizations and facilities.
http://www.disabilityresources.org/RELIGION.html provides links to the following sites…
Center for Ministry with People with Disabilities (University of Dayton)
The mission of the Center for Ministry with People with Disabilities at the University of Dayton is “to facilitate the acceptance of persons with disabilities into church communities at the local, state and national level and to assist the University of Dayton to prepare students to be morally aware and committed as it relates to people with disabilities.” Pages include ministry and education, resources, models of minstry, the Network of Inclusive Catholic educators, and sacramental preparation booklets and videos.
Center for the Study of Religion and Disability
A resource for those looking for information relating to the natural support given by local churches to those with disabilities. Includes articles, research projects in progress, and related sites.
Family Village Worship Center
This hypertext list of religious/faith/spiritual resources for people with disabilities includes “general worship resources” and “educational worship resources.”
N.O.D. Religion and Disability Program
The N.O.D. (National Organization on Disability) Religion and Disability Program urges local congregations, national denomination groups and seminaries to remove architectural, communication and attitudinal barriers. This page describes the program’s conferences, printed guides, and “Accessible Congregations Campaign.”
National Catholic Office for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD) http://www.ncpd.org
Explain the church’s role and provides related church documents.
0.8% of persons with disabilities have sensory disabilities
4% blind & visually impaired
4% deaf or hearing impaired
3% mentally handicapped
5% mentally ill
54% physical disability
26% assorted health problems
40% have more than one disability
Religious Disability Resources
A list of religious resource organizaitons that offer assistance related to persons with disabilities.
Religious Organizations
Compiled by the Missouri AgrAbility Program, this page provides the nmaes, addresses and descriptions of organizations involved in religion and disability. Not hyperlinked.
Resources for Your Deaf/Disabled Ministry
If you work with people who are deaf or hard of hearing (or want to), this is the place to start. An excellent guide to online resources, it includes links to organizations, web sites, awareness resources, ASL materials, ideas from others, resource materials, and more.
Shirley’s Parish Disability Advocacy Page
A personal home page for all faith communities which offers suggestions on accessibility, outreach, advocacy and more.
http://www.nccbuscc.org/doctrine/disabilities.htm
(National Conference of Catholic Bishops)
(U.S. Catholic Conference: Welcome and Justice for Persons with Disabilities)
Useful Sites for Caregivers
www.familyvillage.wisc.edu
(The Family Village)
(Support group, information networks directories, family worship center)
www.npnd.org
(National Parent Network on Disabilies)
(Information on advocacy and public policy)
www.trace.wisc.edu/tcel/index.html
(The Trace Center)
(A database of over 20,000 assistive techonolgy devices)
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
(National Library of Medicine’ search service)
www.wemedia.com
WeMedia offers a comprehensive online resource for people with disabilities, their families and friends, providing information and resources (links) in the areas of news, sports, technology, advocacy, shopping, employment, education, finance, real estate.