Tuesday, September 25, 2012

"Segregation feeds self-interest and integration fights self-interest"

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At the meeting of the ministry directors of Joni and Friends today, Doug Mazza, CEO, made a very powerful statement.  He said, "Segr...
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Friday, September 14, 2012

"Rights without opportunity is meaningless"

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"Rights without opportunity is meaningless" is how Zola (1988) characterized the issues he was discussing in reference to indepen...
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Friday, August 10, 2012

The centrality of disability exclusion

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Imagine I was the pastor or leader of a church.  One of the members of my church comes to me and says, "We need to reach out to white ...
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Monday, July 09, 2012

Tolerantism

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I am an advocate for people with disabilities.  I will do my best to convince you of my position on a variety of issues, hopefully with log...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Social genocide

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Joseph Barry is a student in the Disability Studies MA program at Cal Baptist university.  He's a sharp guy.  In a recent paper, he wro...
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Lausanne Movement - Global Conversation Project

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Culture by exclusion

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When experts in disability studies discuss disability as a concept, they will at times discuss various models.  Minimally there will be thr...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Questions and answers about friendship

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5 questions… How would you define friendship and the relation of this definition to the lives of individuals with developmental disabiliti...
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012

"What would you change about yourself?"

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If the average person were to look upon someone with an intellectual disability, they would see that impairment as perhaps the defining cha...
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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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