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VATICAN

Vatican Home
1999 Conclusions Regarding the Family and the Disabled
2002 Documents for the Jubilee of the Community of Persons with Disabilities

POPE JOHN PAUL II

1981 Address to Participants in International Games for Disabled Persons

1984 Address to Handicapped and Disabled Persons during Canadian Apostolic Visit

1995 Evangelium Vitae: On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life

2004 Dignity and Rights of Persons with Mental Disability


2004 Address at 40th Anniversary Pilgrimage of Faith and Light

POPE BENEDICT XVI

2008 Meeting with Children and Youth with Disabilties in New York

2009 Visit to Regina Pacis in the Holy Land

UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS (USCCB)

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Home
1978 Pastoral Statement of U.S. Catholic Bishops on Persons with Disabilities

1995 Sacraments for Persons with Disabilities – NCPD Large Print Version

1998 Framework for Access and Inclusion : Welcome and Justice for Persons with Disabilities
2008 Diocesan Special Needs Diocesan Resource Directory – Department of Education
2002 Catholic School Children with Disabilities Study – Department of Education
2003 The Use of Mustem and Low-Gluten Hosts at Mass

2003 Adults with Cognitive Disabilities/Mental Retardation: Approaches to Adult Faith Formation

INDEPENDENTLY FUNDED CATHOLIC ORGANIZATIONS

National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM)

CATHOLIC DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

National Catholic Partnership on Disability (NCPD)
National Catholic Office for the Deaf (NCOD)
Pathways Awareness Foundation
Xavier Society for the Blind
CUSA – Apostolate of the Chronically Sick and Disabled
Victorious Missionaries

Catholic Celiac Society

RELIGION AND DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

National Council of Churches of Christ -- Committee on Disabilities
The Arc Position Paper on Spirituality
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities(AAIDD) – Religion and Spirituality
AAIDD Certification for Lay Ministers and Pastoral Care Givers

AAPD Interfaith Initiative

Pathways Awareness Foundation Inclusion in Worship Materials
Pathways to Promise – Ministry Resources for Mental Illness


RELIGION AND DISABILITY WEBSITES

BELONGING a Canadian Collaboration on Creating a Culture Where Everyone Belongs

LAY MOVEMENTS

Faith and Light
Faith and Light USA East - email
Faith and Light USA West - email
L'Arche

FAMILIES

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
The Arc
Family Village
Parent-to-Parent Network
National Fathers Network (NFN)
Sibling Support Project
Our-Kids

NEW PARENTS

Welcome to Holland by Emily Perl Kingsley (Our-Kids)
You Are Not Alone by Patricia McGill Smith (NICHCY)
Maternal and Child Health Library

Pathways Awareness Foundation Brochure on Normal Growth and Development

PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS

My Child My Gift: A Positive Response to Serious Prenatal Diagnosis
Poor Prenatal Diagnosis: Brochure: Pastoral Care to Support Parents

Be Not Afraid Provides Parent Support for Carrying to Term with Parent Stories for Over 30 Diagnoses
Directory of Prenatal Hospice Support for Carrying to Term after a Lethal Diagnosis
Brighter Tomorrows Provides Parent Support after a Diagnosis of Trisomy 21 or Down Syndrome

Hidden Treasures Provides Parent Support and a Great You Tube Song about the Diagnosis of Trisomy 21

National Catholic Bioethics Center Statement on the Early Induction of Labor

The Case Against Premature Induction


PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS

Be Not Afraid Provides Parent Support for Carrying to Term with Parent Stories for Over 30 Diagnoses
Directory of Prenatal Hospice Support for Carrying to Term after a Lethal Diagnosis
Brighter Tomorrows Provides Parent Support after a Diagnosis of Trisomy 21 or Down Syndrome

Hidden Treasures Provides Parent Support and a Great You Tube Song about the Diagnosis of Trisomy 21

EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS

SPRED (Special Religious Development)

National Inclusive Catholic Educators
Special Needs Resources from Homeschool Central
National Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

BIBLIOGRAPHIES, LISTS and ONLINE BOOKS

Dimensions of Faith and Congregational Ministries with Persons with Developmental Disabilities and Their Families

Autism and Faith: A Journey Into Community -- Elizabeth Boggs Center

Brain Injury: When the Call Comes ~ A Congregational Resource  -- Elizabeth Boggs Center

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Disability Info Dot Gov
State Contacts for Special Education – OSEP/MSIP Part B and C
OSEP Resource Page
ADA Home Page
ADA Accessibility Guidelines
Supplemental Security Income

OTHER DISABILITY SITES

Abilities Expo
ABLEDATA
World Congress and Exposition on Disabilities

VULNERABLE ADULTS & SEXUALITY

The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality – Pontifical Council for the Family
 
 
 


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