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People with disabilities who say their faith is important to them.
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People with severe disabilities who attend a place of worship at least monthly.
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Faith communities that do congregation-wide disability awareness.
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Parents who changed their place of worship because their child was not included or welcomed.
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Mutual Interview / Book Talk with Brian Brock and Keith Dow
September 15th, 2021 11:00 am EST/10 am Central On Wednesday September 15th, 2021, join Brian Brock and Keith Dow as they discuss intersecting points of their most recent books, the ethics of caregiving, and disability theology. This mutual interview is hosted in...
“Institute on Theology and Disability”
The Summer Institute on Theology and Disability is now known simply as the Institute on Theology and Disability. In an effort to increase clarity, the core council has elected to let go of the “Summer” in the mandate while retaining the mandate and direction championed by director Bill Gaventa in the first ten years of the Summer Institute.
In other news, theologydisability.org has been registered as an easy-to-remember web link directed to the Collaborative on Faith and Disability’s home page for the Institute, and info@theologydisability.org has become the official email address for inquiries related to the Institute on Theology and Disability.
Podcast on Religious Communities and People with Disabilities
At the 2019 Summer Institute on Theology and Disability, the Church of Latter Day Saints and Brigham Young University organized a group of leaders from around the world to talk about religious communities and people with disabilities for a podcast....
OUR HISTORY
The Collaborative on Faith and Disability began in 2011 as the outgrowth of conversations between Erik Carter and Courtney Evans Taylor from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center in Tennessee and Bill Gaventa at The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities in New Jersey.
OUR PARTNERS
Collaborative partners include University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs) and affiliated faculty and staff, seminaries and Divinity Schools, individual affiliated members, and partnering organizations. The Collaborative currently consists of 12 UCEDD partners