TITLE: The Common Thread
AUTHOR: Community and Relationship Building Project
PUBLICATION INFORMATION:
c/o UCPAlthough this newsletter does not center specifically on the inclusion of people with disabilities in faith communities, it does often includes articles related to this area and community inclusion in general. For example, recent issues have included articles on hearing Jean Vanier founder of L'Arche speak, Bill Gaventa's Rosh Hashanah story, and the gift of a stranger. Especially nice are the quotations included, such as this one from J. R. R. Tolkien: "All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost."
4638 Centre Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
TITLE: Council for Jews with Special Needs, Inc. Newsletter
AUTHOR: Council for Jews with Special Needs, Inc.
PUBLICATION INFORMATION:
Council for Jews with Special Needs, Inc.This newsletter is published three times a year and places an emphasis on working as a community to ensure that all Jews have the opportunity to fully participate in the richness of Jewish religious, cultural and social life.
32 West Coolidge, Suite 102
Phoenix, AZ 85013
602-277-4243
TDD 602-277-4243
TITLE: Disability Solutions
AUTHOR: Enoch-Gelbard Foundation
PUBLICATION INFORMATION:
Disability SolutionsDisability Solutions is published 6 times a year, is free-of-charge, and is a resource for families and others interested in people with Down syndrome and related disabilities. This particular issue focuses on the inclusion of people with disabilities in faith communities. Issues written about include: the church coach, religious inclusion, embracing kids with disabilities in Sunday school programs, including people with disabilities in Jewish life cycle events, and a resource list. The entire issue is available to people with web access as an Acrobat reader file (you can download this reader program for free at http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/readstep.html).
9220 S. W. Barbur Blvd. #119-179
Portland, OR 97219-5428
(503) 244-7662
email: dsolns@teleport.com
http://www.teleport.com/~dsolns
TITLE: NCPD National Update
AUTHOR: National Catholic Office for Persons with Disabilities
PUBLICATION INFORMATION:
NCPDA free quarterly publication, also available in Braille, large print, and on cassette, the NCPD National Update examines current issues of spirituality, advocacy, and education (religious and school) facing faith communities and people with disabilities in the work to include people with disabilities in these communities. For example, the 1997 summer issue looked at the recent Supreme Court decision on physician-assisted suicide and the vigil held prior to the Supreme Court decision with the disability rights group Not Dead Yet. Other issues typically included in NCPD include: understanding and influencing the perceptions of people with disabilities, inclusive ministry design, advocacy in parishes, education and employment, and other issues of social justice.
P.O. BOX 29113
Washington, D. C. 20017-0113
(202) 529-2933 (Voice/TDD)
TITLE: NAPMR Quarterly Journal and Newsletter
AUTHOR: NAPMR
PUBLICATION INFORMATION:
NAPMR - National Apostolate with People with Mental RetardationSince 1968, the National Apostolate with People with Mental Retardation has produced a quarterly journal and a newsletter six times a year. Regular issues discussed are: inclusive religious education for adults and children, advocacy-including self advocacy, program development - housing options, conferences, spiritual formation, and family.
4516 30th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008
1-800-736-1280
TITLE: That all may worship: Newsletter of the New Jersey Coalition for Inclusive Ministries
AUTHOR: New Jersey Coalition for Inclusive Ministries
PUBLICATION INFORMATION: Quarterly
New Jersey Coalition for Inclusive MinistriesA new interdenominational newsletter produced quarterly by the New Jersey Coalition for Inclusive Ministries, this newsletter looks at various topics regarding the inclusion of people with disabilities in faith communities. Recent topics have included: how Jewish group homes can be sensitive to the needs of their practicing residents, how congregations can reach out to people living in group homes to include them in their faith communities of choice, and how to remodel faith communities to make them more accessible to people with disabilities. The first issue includes the results of a survey on accessibility and inclusivity from 410 congregations in NJ. Lists of new resources-paper and Internet-are always included as is a list of upcoming events and news from different congregations.
The University Affiliated Program of New Jersey
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
45 Knightsbridge Rd., P. O. Box 6810
Piscataway, NJ 08855-6810
(732) 235-4408