Abstract:

This paper reports the findings of an exploratory qualitative study examining parish awareness of the need to include individuals with disability in genuine and meaningful ways. Based on the interviews of over thirty persons, including people with disability, parents, parish workers, volunteers and human service workers within church agencies in the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane, Australia, the authors devised a process for including individuals in parishes. This process, known as a Disability Focus Group, was then implemented in one parish as a pilot study. The outcomes of the pilot are discussed.

Author(s): Rea Dennis & Trish Murdoch

Journal: Religion, Disability & Health

Date: 2013

Volume: 5

Issue: 4

Pages: 45-59

DOI: 10.1300/J095v05n04_04

Databased: Yes

Disabilities: General

Categories: Congregations