Inclusion - Anabaptist Disabilities Network

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Anabaptist Disabilities Network
PO Box 959
Goshen, IN 46527-0959
Phone: 574-535-7053
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Inclusion

Building Community that Includes Persons with Disabilities and Mental Illness

Diversity of Abilities - Resource List

Diversity of Abilities Case Studies

Diversity of Abilities in Community Life - Basic outline

Diversity of Abilities in Community Life - Full Outline

Sample Process Using the Tools of ABCD

Articles of Interest

The following issue of ADNotes offers a helpful overview of some of the issues involved in the inclusion of persons with disabilities and mental illness in the life of the community.

ADNotes, February 2006: Building Community (MS Word - .DOC)
ADNotes, February 2006: Building Community (Adobe Reader - .PDF)

From Exile to Inclusion: A Community for Everyone
by Paul D. Leichty.
This article, which appeared in the February 18, 2003 edition of The Mennonite helps churches think about the issues of including persons with disabilities and mental illness and their families into the life of the congregation. View the article or download a copy of the entire issue in PDF format. Article is on pages 9-11.

This issue of The Mennonite also includes an article entitled "The Lord is my strength: Toward an Anabaptist disability theology" by Erick Sawatzky.

Recommended Book

Beyond Accessibility book cover

Beyond Accessibility: Toward Full Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Faith Communities (Church Publishing, 2010) challenges churches to become communities of inclusion for people who live with disabilities. Author Brett Webb-Mitchell argues that providing physical access for people with disabilities to enter a church building is only a starting place when Christians take seriously the call to be the body of Christ.
Read the complete review by Christine Guth.

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