Thursday, November 29, 2007

$61

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Well I finally got fingerprinted so that the group home I had been visiting would not get into trouble. Believe me, I totally understand th...
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Thursday, November 22, 2007

Exercising your love muscle

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I haven't worked out in probably 3 months.  I am not looking forward to starting up again, but Monday is the day.  Anyway, it is tough g...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

99 Balloons

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My wife Kathi, turned me on to a wonderful video entitled 99 Balloons which you can view at the website listed below. http://www.ignitermed...
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Monday, November 19, 2007

Inclusion in the public school

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One of the main reasons given for including people with cognitive disabilities in regular classes is for the purposes of developing social s...
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Sunday, November 18, 2007

From Sunday School to Seminary

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I have been doing some writing lately related to the topic of inclusive religious education. I will keep you posted as the publication I am...
Monday, November 12, 2007

Leading worship for adults with cognitive disabilities

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Eric Boyles is a friend of mine who helped me to see worship with adults with cognitive disabilities in a very different light. He is able t...
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The church of the "big butt"

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There is a friend of mine, a friend with cognitive disabilities who regularly will go up to our pastor, shake his hand, and say, "I lov...
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Thursday, November 01, 2007

Curriculum and adults with severe cognitive disabilities

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I had a discussion with a leader in disability ministry the other day.  We were discussing what curricula might look like for an adult with ...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

The Power of Professional Opinion

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I was told of yet another situation where a human service professional made a pronouncement about what a person who is disabled would never ...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

The importance of language

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I have been thinking about the importance of the language we as professionals (those of you who are professionals) or those of us who are ju...
Friday, October 12, 2007

Defining the meaning behind the word "retard"

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I found a video at a weblog called Kei Unlimited. It describes the use of the word "retard" from the perspective of the brother of...
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007

300 postings at disabled Christianity

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The following is from the first posting I made on this blog... I was recently visiting another blog (nicea.blogspot.com) where there were di...
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Sunday, October 07, 2007

The confrontation of disability

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People with disabilities in the church will not allow us to be something other than something much more of what we should be. Not by specifi...
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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Saving people in groups

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I have talked elsewhere about the John 9 story of Jesus healing the blindman (see April 26, 2004 blog entry for one). However, I was touched...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Teaching with pictures

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In the movie Amistad, the story is told of how the African slave receives a Bible, and through studying the pictures learns the basics of t...
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Monday, September 24, 2007

"I don't pass to girls"

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When my daughter was younger, she played basketball, and me being a father who wanted her to play and enjoyed her playing, would often coach...
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Friday, September 21, 2007

Being shrewd

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The pastor of my church, Dr. Gary Inrig, gave a very interesting sermon last week about being shrewd (based upon Luke Chapter 16). I must ad...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Making their cry my own

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Jean Vanier makes the following comment in his book, Community & Growth: Our Pilgrimage Together : Often a community stops crying out t...
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Monday, September 10, 2007

Child find

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Perhaps the most pivotal law in special education in the United States, is PL 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. There...
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Friday, September 07, 2007

More on social skills

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I was doing some more thinking on social skills today (see Tuesday August 21). So last night I went with a friend to see the California Ang...
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