Comments on: UCC Seminaries and Students with Disabilities Questionnaire and Follow-Up http://www.uccdm.org/2002/06/21/ucc-seminaries-and-students-with-disabilities-questionnaire-and-follow-up/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:18:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: hiutopor http://www.uccdm.org/2002/06/21/ucc-seminaries-and-students-with-disabilities-questionnaire-and-follow-up/#comment-44263 hiutopor Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:40:52 +0000 http://www.uccdm.org/2002/06/21/ucc-seminaries-and-students-with-disabilities-questionnaire-and-follow-up/#comment-44263 Hi Very interesting information! Thanks! G'night Hi

Very interesting information! Thanks!

G’night

]]> By: John Lowell http://www.uccdm.org/2002/06/21/ucc-seminaries-and-students-with-disabilities-questionnaire-and-follow-up/#comment-371 John Lowell Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:37:24 +0000 http://www.uccdm.org/2002/06/21/ucc-seminaries-and-students-with-disabilities-questionnaire-and-follow-up/#comment-371 Edited for length, excerpts from John Lowell's response to the questionnaire in the comment above may be of value to other seminarians [Editor] My home address is 881 Hayes Street San Francisco, CA 94117-2614 Phone: 415-865-0455 1. I have mental disability. I had traumatic brain injury in an accident on March 23 '01. 2. Pacific School or Religion 3. I have started in Fall '06 with a test course. I seem to have met my goal of earning a B grade so I will apply for Fall '07 as a full time student to earn a M.Div. 4. December 5 1970 5. Starting as a Special Student now applying to earn a M.Div. after three full time years. 7. To either be pastor. It has recently expanded to being a chaplain for disabled congregants. 8. I requested and was given ADA accommodations. 9. I requested and was given an extra period of time to complete the exams. Was allowed to tape record lextures. Professors for one course emailed lecture outlines. 10. All buildings were/are accessible to me. My disabled is just mental. 11.Teaching methods were 95% supportive. 12.There isn't any accessible campus housing. Housing staff have informed disabled campus residents that PSR doesn't have to follow ADA. 13. They were accessible. Student HMO hospital is 30 miles from campus. 14. We found each other. We are the process of creating the Differently Abled Students Union. 15. There aren't any course related to disability despite the Center for Independent Living being in the Bay Area. 16. ~ As a test of faith!!!! ~ As opportunities for God’s intervention!!!! ~ As opportunities for growth and learning!!!! ~ As examples of redemptive suffering!!!! ~ As examples of God’s mysterious omnipotence!!!! ~ As examples of the interdependence of the universe!!!! ~ As opportunities for Christian community!!!! ~ A gift and test from God. I am now a protege of Lazarus,Saul/Paul & Mary Magdalene. 17. I most definitely will!!!!! Finding pastoral work will be another of God's challenges for me. 18. UCC Disabilites Ministries is the most recent gift from God I have discovered. UCC is one of the most progressive and most closely related to the words and actions of Jesus Christ. I will be with UCC as an employee and church member for the rest of my mortal life!!!!!! Edited for length, excerpts from John Lowell’s response to the questionnaire in the comment above may be of value to other seminarians [Editor]

My home address is 881 Hayes Street
San Francisco, CA 94117-2614
Phone: 415-865-0455

1. I have mental disability. I had traumatic brain injury in an accident on March 23 ‘01.
2. Pacific School or Religion
3. I have started in Fall ‘06 with a test course. I seem to have met my goal of earning a B grade so I will apply for Fall ‘07 as a full time student to earn a M.Div.
4. December 5 1970
5. Starting as a Special Student now applying to earn a M.Div. after three full time years.
7. To either be pastor. It has recently expanded to being a chaplain for disabled congregants.
8. I requested and was given ADA accommodations.
9. I requested and was given an extra period of time to complete the exams. Was allowed to tape record lextures. Professors for one course emailed lecture outlines.
10. All buildings were/are accessible to me. My disabled is just mental.
11.Teaching methods were 95% supportive.
12.There isn’t any accessible campus housing. Housing staff have informed disabled campus residents that PSR doesn’t have to follow ADA.
13. They were accessible. Student HMO hospital is 30 miles from campus.
14. We found each other. We are the process of creating the Differently Abled Students Union.
15. There aren’t any course related to disability despite the Center for Independent Living being in the Bay Area.
16. ~ As a test of faith!!!!
~ As opportunities for God’s intervention!!!!
~ As opportunities for growth and learning!!!!
~ As examples of redemptive suffering!!!!
~ As examples of God’s mysterious omnipotence!!!!
~ As examples of the interdependence of the universe!!!!
~ As opportunities for Christian community!!!!
~ A gift and test from God. I am now a protege of Lazarus,Saul/Paul & Mary Magdalene.
17. I most definitely will!!!!! Finding pastoral work will be another of God’s challenges for me.
18. UCC Disabilites Ministries is the most recent gift from God I have discovered. UCC is one of the most progressive and most closely related to the words and actions of Jesus Christ. I will be with UCC as an employee and church member for the rest of my mortal life!!!!!!

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