Lincoln, Nebraska’s Northeast Community Church views things differently because of Scott Pigsley and Diana Coberly. Scott, 13-year-old son of Gina and Jerry Pigsley, knows God sees the person inside his body with spina bifida. “When God looks at me, God looks over that I’m in a wheelchair and sees a normal person.”
Scott says of Diana, […]
A Reading the Signs column written by Dee Brauninger
The genesis point of our religion is God’s looking at each creature and seeing, first, that it is good. We also, as open, accepting churches, need not start with what is wrong with a person but from the beginning can choose to affirm what is right.
“If […]
A Reading the Signs column by Jeane Tyler
“We have something to say. We want to be heard. Communication is what a church is about. A clergy person with communication challenges differs little from someone in the pew,” says the Rev. Jeanne Tyler, who serves St. Paul’s in Lincoln, NE with her husband John. Jeanne reflected […]
From Reading The Signs . . .
A can-do forum about accessibility for the whole church family
Column:
“Today, I knew what was happening. It was like a Thanksgiving song,” Sherryl Yokel’s voice greeted her pastor. Later, Mrs. Yokel added, “I feel more comfortable in church now. I understand the [choir’s] songs […]
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Written by Daryl Green
Densmore Reid Publications
67 South 24th Street, Richmond, IN 47374, 2003
Twelve easy-to-read Turtle Books provide a non-threatening, storytelling bridge of understanding with friends and siblings of children with physical and mental disabilities.
Jason & Nordic Publishers
PO Box 441
Hollidaysburg PA 16648
814-696-2920
See curriculum resources at www.jasonandnordic.com.
Patricia McMahon, text, and John Godt, photography
Homesdale, PA: Caroline House of Boyds Mills Press, Inc., 1995
This is David’s story as he goes to kindergarten in a local public school. - Vera Losh, Reviewer
Written by Gina and Mercer Mayer
Racine, Wisconsin: Golden Books Publishing Co., Inc., 1992
One of a serieis of books about disabilities attitudes