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• Who are People with Disabilities?
  Charlotte Hawkins Shepard, 2008
• Persons with Disabilities Speak Out: An Interview with Self-Advocates
  Pat Cook
• Reflections on the Definition of Disability
  Liz Moen, 2010
• Why Christians Should Care
  Debbie Wade, October 2013
• Disability Excerpts from The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church
  2008 edition
• Disability Excerpts from The Book of Resolutions of the United Methodist Church
  2008 edition
• Extend worship to people with disabilities
  Tim Vermande for UM Com, February 2013
• Opening doors to people with disabilities
  Heather Hahn, UM News Service, August 24, 2010
• Welcome the Exceptional: Churches that embrace people with disabilities do more than they imagine
  Christianity Today editorial, January 4, 2010
• Disabilities, the Body of Christ and the Wholeness of Society,
  Policy Statement of the National Council of Churches, USA, adopted November 11, 1998.
• "A Place for All: Faith and Community for Persons With Disabilities"
  2009 ABC — Interfaith Broadcasting Commission program

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• Disability Concerns Workshop
  Jennifer Yound, September 2009
• Getting Started: Friendship Disability Ministry at Trinity United Methodist Church
  Myra Monroe, December 2009
• How to Start a Mentoring Program at Your Church
  Myra Monroe, 2010
• Bridge Builder Program, North Alabama Conference
  Debbie Wade, May 2012
• Breaking the Sound Barrier in Your Church: Ministry & Mission With People who are Hard of Hearing or Late-Deafened, revised 2011 edition
  produced by the UM Committee on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ministries.
• Autism and Developmental Disabilities Resources: Spirituality for Teachers, Congregations, Children
  Charlotte Shepard

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• Accessibility Audits
  updated September 2013
• Twenty Practical Things Pastors and Churches Can do to Make Families and Children with Disabilities Feel Welcome
  Debbie Wade, March 2013
• How to make your congregation accessible for little or no money
  Debbie Wade, December 2009, updated March 2010
• More Than Fifty Ways to Make Your Parish Accessible with Little or No Cost
  Barbara Ramnaraine and Charlotte Hawkins Shepard, June 2009
• Adapting a Church Building and Program for People who are Blind or have Low Vision
  expanded from The Voice, January 2012
• Sensory Sensitivity Inventory
  A guide and request for accessibility accommodations from First United Methodist Church of Hershey PA
• Annual Conference Session Accommodations Set-up Checklist
  Pacific Northwest Conference, March 2011
• Communication and Etiquette with Persons with Disabilities
  Charlotte Shepard, Wineva Hankamer, and Devorah Greenstein, April 2009
• Appropriate Language in Discussing Mental Illness
  Charlotte Shepard, 2011
• How Can Our Worship Services Be More Welcoming of People with Disabilities?
  Kimberly Anne Willis, Worship Resources, General Board of Discipleship
• On Greeting Persons with Disabilities: A Suggestion Manual for Ushers and Greeters
  Naomi Mitchum, Worship Resources, General Board of Discipleship
• Fragrance Reduction for Our Churches
  Charlotte Hawkins Shepard, 2009
• "Broken behavior: Going to church with a challenging child"
  Heather Moffitt, Faith & Leadership, August 3, 2010.

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• The Church Plans for Special Needs Emergencies
  Naomi Mitchum, December 2010, updated March 2012
• Servants Among Us: Ministry to Caregivers
  Whit Elam, Interpreter, October 2004
• Ramp Ministry
  adapted from The Voice (August 2011); revised July 2012
• Operation Well Planting at Njia Special School, Kenya
  a Task Force member's project to provide a well at a special-needs school

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• Starting a Facebook page
• Website Accessibility
  Tim Vermande, September 2013
• Captioning Resources
  from the United Methodist Committee on Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Ministries
• Using Computers for Inclusive Worship
  John Frank, from CRC Disability Concerns: readability with projectors and print
• Best Resources for Mac and Apple Device Users with Disabilities
  Bakari Chavanu, Makeuseof

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• Disability Awareness Sunday Resources

• Annual Conference Disability Groups

• Colorado
  • Disability Advocacy Ministry at University Park UMC, Denver
• Florida
  • Special Connections at St. James UMC, Tampa
• Illinois
  • Health Loan Closet at First UMC, Park Ridge
• Indiana
  • Health Ministry Network, Ligonier UMC
  • Special Needs at Speedway UMC
• Kansas
  • Matthew's Ministry at Church of the Resurrection, Leawood (Kansas City)
• North Carolina
  • UMAR (Western North Carolina Conference group home ministry)
• Ohio
  • Medical Equipment Lending Library, Fredericktown UMC
  • Messiah Able Spirits Together, Church of the Messiah, Westerville
• Texas
  • Jesters at Highland Park UMC, Dallas
  • Special Needs & Disability Ministry, Chapelwood UMC, Houston
  • Special Needs at Custer Road UMC, Plano
  • Tough Ministries, Woodlands UMC (Houston)
  • u|ability at University UMC, San Antonio

• UMNS: Jesters troupe showcases special needs cast
• UMTV: Blind photographer's vision
• UMTV: Sports Vision for Blind
• UMTV: Kids' Wheelchair Scrub Club

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• Open Doors - Expanding inclusion and accessibility
  • Camp accessibility is for . . .
  • 40 low or no-cost ways to improve accessibilty and inclusion at your camp or retreat center
  • Recruiting volunteers and staff for inclusion
  • Funding options for camp accessibility and inclusion
  Lynn Swedberg, June 2012
• Barbara Dunlap-Berg, "Special-needs camps build confidence" UM News Service, September 2, 2010
• Discover Camp: Considerations for Sending Your Child with a Disability to camp for the First Time
• Linda Ebner Erceg, "Assessing Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders for Their 'Fit' at Camp" Camping Magazine, March 2011
• National Center on Accessibility, Indiana University School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
• Christopher Thurber, "Do You Want To ... Hey, Look Over There!: Strategies for Working with Children Who Have Attention Deficits" Camping Magazine, May 2011

• Bradford Woods, Indiana University
• Bradford Woods Camp, accessibility through universal design
• Camp Minnesota, Minnesota Annual Conference
  • Camps Without Barriers
• Camp Innabah, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
• Go Camping, Oregon-Idaho Conference and Episcopal Diocese of Oregon
• Jumonville Camp and Retreat Center, Western Pennsylvania Conference

• Morgan's Wonderland, accessible theme park

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