WE'RE STILL HERE! 2011 Focus:
ACCESSIBILIITY IN PLACES OF WORSHIP
Plan now for 2011 activities!
As Post-Polio Health International embarks on its fifth WE’RE STILL HERE! week, October 9-15, 2011, remember that part of the aim is to spread the word that polio survivors, even as we age, can help ourselves and others. That is why each year we pick a focus that encourages action and makes the world a better place for all people with disabilities.
Spiritual well-being encompasses our exploration and discovery of the things that are important in life and our personal connection to them. Spiritual well-being can be associated with a specific religion but does not have to be. It is however, part of post-polio health. PHI is gathering resources to assist your group in approaching places of worship. Perhaps you know of an innovative solution for making a place of worship accessible. If so, please send a photo, so we can share it.
We invite you to add to the list.
Links to Faith Groups Disability/Accessibility Information
- Breaking Down Barriers: A Multi-Faith Guide to Accessibility in Places of Worship. Ontario, Canada
- Hearing Accessibility Handbook
- Disability Discrimination and Accessibility (United Kingdom Places of Worship)
- American Association of People with Disabilities Interfaith Initiative
- Congregational Accessibility Network (CAN) is a network of individuals, families, congregations, denominations and organizations to promote accessibility and inclusion of persons with disabilities in faith communities.
- Anabaptist Disabilities Network (ADNet)
- National Catholic Partnership on Disability
- Christian Reformed Church Disability Concerns
- Church of the Brethren Disabilities Ministry
- Episcopal The Disability Network
- Islam EquallyAble Call for Action – Houses of Worship
- Judaism and Conservative Judaism
- Lutheran Missouri Synod: Disability Ministry Resources
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Disability Ministries
- Orthodox Church of America The Accessible Church
- Presbyterians Congregational Audit of Disability Accessibility & Inclusion
- Reformed Church in America Disability Awareness
- Seventh-Day Adventist Disability Ministries
- Southern Baptist Convention Disabilities Awareness
- United Methodists Disability Concerns
