Great worship ideas #1 Many families of persons who are differently gifted would like to worship together in church. Although they may navigate physical barriers and get a warm welcome from the congregation, these persons still may not feel comfortable in regular corporate worship. They are perfectly capable of experiencing worship, they may … Continue reading Five Models of Worship for Persons Who Are Differently Gifted
By Naomi Mitchum, used by permission from The Voice, newsletter at https://www.umdisabilityministries.org/index.htm Include Disability Issues in Your Church Emergency Plan One in five persons has a disability, so include these persons and their issues in your church/ campus emergency plans. You don’t have a plan? Think an emergency or disaster will happen to someone else? … Continue reading Include Disability Issues in Your Emergency Plan
Pain is such a pain! Pain is such a pain. You can seethe, groan, swear at it, pray over it, even scream, and it is still there. You just want it to go away, but it doesn’t. Finally, you wonder if there is anything you can do to put balance back in your life. Yes. … Continue reading Pain Is Such A Pain!
For use by Sunday School Teachers Leaders of Special Needs Groups Recreation directors Worship Leaders CHEERLEADERS FOR GOD AND OTHER PARTICIPATION STORIES is a collection of stories and readings in which students have a vicarious experience by responding to a word or concept. This allows them to participate if they are non-verbal, plus verbal … Continue reading Cheerleaders for God and Other Participation Stories
Ramps’nthings Press is dedicated to publishing relevant materials for persons with disabilities and those who teach them, play with them, pray with them or just enjoy their company. For mainline publishers, there’s not much money in the publication of materials for a smaller audience than the general population, so I took a little … Continue reading RAMPS’NTHINGS PRESS
This book will help you tweak your teaching practices and learn more about seizures, meltdowns and safety measures to create an inclusive comfort zone for a classroom combination of children both with and without disabilities. EVERY CHILD CAN BLOOM IN THE INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM offers you ways to organize and teach in a comfort zone where … Continue reading EVERY CHILD CAN BLOOM IN THE INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM
Youth Camps and Mission Projects Can Be Inclusive! You are sending your youth to camp or on a mission project. A student with a disability signs up. Don’t wait until you get to camp or are housed for a project to gasp. Do it now, and prepare yourself and … Continue reading Camps and Projects Can Be Inclusive
The Long Road Home is a romance collection by Judi Ann Ehresman and Naomi Mitchum. In the four beautiful stories, young women find homes for their hearts along the western trail. Mandy didn’t expect to be left alone in the wilds of Indiana after taking the wagon train west. Bess, the “mistake” of a prostitute … Continue reading THE LONG ROAD HOME ROMANCE COLLECTION
Congregations can provide fellowship of worship for persons with disabilities by learning fresh new ways to praise where EVERYONE is blessed. Abilities differ, so plan to do what ALL persons CAN do as a means of celebrating. Without being singled out, persons with disabilities especially enjoy the fellowship of unified worship. Do these ways seem … Continue reading Disability-Unified Worship
A mentor who can help a child with a disability in the classroom is part of the teaching team. This letter or card presentation can help a mentor relate to the parents and help them feel confident that their child is in good hands. Nothing beats actual conversation with parents, but on a Sunday morning … Continue reading Mentor Parent Letter