Friday, August 18, 2006

The "embarrassment" of disability

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In the book Defiant birth: Women who resist medical eugenics the author Melinda Tankard Reist takes on the notion of prenatal diagnosis lead...
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Reflecting their surroundings

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I was in a classroom this morning visiting a student teacher of 10 year old children with moderate to severe disabilities. Some of the chil...
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Sunday, August 06, 2006

200 Posts

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Today's entry is the 200th post to this weblog. So what have I learned over the past 2+ years? I have learned that thare are many peopl...
Monday, July 24, 2006

Its about relationships

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Kathi and I had a great time yesterday. We had lunch with one of the pastors and his wife from our church, and our PAID ministry support pe...
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Religious liberty in group homes

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I am in the process of researching issues related to the religious liberty of persons with cognitive disabilities who are living in group ho...
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Thursday, July 13, 2006

Choosing disability

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I met a woman yesterday for whom I have a lot of respect. She is a friend of my Mother-in-law whom I met at a party. She related the follo...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Bruce and Cam (aka Martha and Mary)

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I had the privilege of presenting to a group of Christian medical students at a meeting on the University of Redlands (Ca) campus last night...
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Thursday, July 06, 2006

Biblical language

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Dr. Stanley Hauerwas writes of how groups define themselves by their narrative. The Bible is obviously the narrative for Christians and in ...
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Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Religious liberty

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On the Fourth of July, it makes sense to talk about liberty. In this case religious liberty. Let me share a brief experience and then tell...
Monday, June 26, 2006

Swearing at the people

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About a year ago, I was just coming out of a Mexican restaurant with my family when I heard this guy standing by the restaurant's dumpst...
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Monday, June 12, 2006

Disability awareness Sunday

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This past Sunday, my church held what was called "Disability awareness Sunday" which largely highlighted two ministries of our chu...
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Thursday, May 25, 2006

Jean Vanier quote

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The following is from the RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY regarding an interview to be on a future PBS program about Jean Vanier. Pay part...
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Sunday, May 21, 2006

Inclusion vs. nonexclusion

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I had the pleasure of having lunch with a friend of mine, Arthur Seale. In the midst of our discussion, Arthur made the comment something t...
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Montreal summit 2006

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I was very excited to attend the recent Montreal summit, and continue to reflect on my first experience at a truly international conference....
Wednesday, May 10, 2006

The why of disability

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In the last week, I have had 2 separate discussions with friends about the question of why people have disabilities (particularly congenital...
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Saturday, April 29, 2006

Community Integration

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This week I am headed up to Montreal for a conference on social inclusion of persons with disabilities, particularly those experiencing ment...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

"The ministry is already full"

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I heard an interesting, true story the other day. A person was being interviewed for a position as an assistant to a ministry to persons wi...
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Friday, April 14, 2006

Removing the feeding tube

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I just heard that a lifetime friend of mine who had fallen into Alzheimers disease has possibly had her feeding tube removed. Both she and ...
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Friday, April 07, 2006

Crash again

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In the previous post, I related the scene from the movie Crash about the white cop and the black hitchhiker. Please revisit that descriptio...
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Monday, April 03, 2006

Crash

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I finally had the opportunity to view the movie Crash , recent winner of the Academy Award for best picture. I found the film very thought ...
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