Monday, February 27, 2012

Disability and the Church

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The Disability Studies Institute of California Baptist University is interested in creating a snapshot of the current status of the Christi...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

6 minutes

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0MZCrMlUl4&sns=fb A friend of mine sent me this link.  It is very simple, nothing special going on in...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

a life filled with "almost friends"

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That is the phrase one of my students in the California Baptist University's Disability Studies MA program, Jennifer Baca, used to desc...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

The Bible and people with severe intellectual impairments

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"Should we teach the Bible to those with severe cognitive disabilities?" is a question that was asked in a weblog entitled "...
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Monday, January 16, 2012

Underestimating others

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I had an interesting experience yesterday in our Light and Power class.  I was sitting with a friend, perhaps the most severely impaired me...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Pastor of "Disability ministry"

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Part 1:  What would be the role of a full time pastor of disability ministry? A major part of the job would be to change the environment ...
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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Providing what is needed

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I heard a story recently about an interaction a man had with his son.  His son experienced many disabilities including autism and epilepsy....
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Monday, December 05, 2011

Weird glasses people

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About 5 years ago, I wrote a blog entry that demonstrated an interaction between a person who wears glasses and one who does not, illustra...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Toby's "commercial"

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A friend of mine made this "commercial".  Please take a minute and check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRigofKAeZU...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Form follows function

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According to wikipedia, the phrase "form follows function" originates from Louis Sullivan in 1896. The idea was presented in a ...
Saturday, November 12, 2011

So what do you do?

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I am reading Desmond Tutu's book No Future without Forgiveness , It is an amazing discussion of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission...
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Friday, October 28, 2011

Opportunities and realities

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Opportunities abound for the possibility of doing good. The question is will we see those opportunities, or be distracted by some comparati...

St. Giles Church 9/10/06

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I just discovered this post I had written on a trip to Scotland in 2006.  Never posted, I thought I would post it now. I just got back f...

"Treat all people the same"

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Imagine that was our creedo for the church. "We treat all people the same" but there are no women are in church. Would that be t...

"Don't believe everything you think!"

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One of my students, Jayson, in responding to a reading I had the class do, came up with this great statement...  Don't believe everyt...
Monday, October 17, 2011

Chickens and data based instruction

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Something I wrote about 10 years back about data collection.  You can visit the actual website where it lives, if you want.  There is other ...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Data collection as a human rights issue

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Probably no one would argue that children having access to an education is a basic human rights issue.  However, I am wondering at what poin...
Monday, October 10, 2011

Beyond Suffering: A Christian View on Disability Ministry

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Beyond Suffering is the name of a new curriculum developed by Joni and Friends.  To quote from the introduction, Beyond Suffering: A Chri...
Wednesday, October 05, 2011

"every one of them"

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I was preparing a presentation for a local Christian high school that has begun to offer a special education class.  When thinking through w...
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Friday, September 30, 2011

Expressions of deep woundedness from Wolfensberger

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Several months back, I taught a class introducing students to Social Role Valorization. As a part of the lecture, we discussed the 18 wounds...
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