Accessibility through Creativity
Low-cost ideas to make your parish accessible to all people!
Teaching Tips for Students with Autism
A few strategies for teaching students with Autism Spectrum Disorder!
Language: A powerful tool for parish hospitality
Words can sustain negative stigma and myths or they can communicate respect and sensitivity. When you meet a person with a disability, choose words that say what you mean--that you see them first as a person with many abilities. Talk to the person directly, instead of their companion or interpreter.
Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Learn about the warning signs, causes, and treatments for mental health illnesses in youth and young adults.
Interacting with People with Vision Loss
20.6 million American adults are blind or living with vision loss that is not corrected by wearing glasses or contact lenses (National Health Interview Survey 2012). The following are some tips to facilitation interaction among people with and without 20/20 vision.
Coping with the Holidays
The seasons of Advent and Christmas, supposedly the most joyful times of the year, may be especially difficult for people dealing with personal loss, grief, loneliness, acute and chronic illnesses, financial hardship; and marital issues, like separation or divorce. Depression and anxiety may be intensified by popular culture perceptions about how Christmas should feel like.
A good host is a good planner
When you plan your next gathering, follow this checklist to ensure all guests feel welcome and can participate.
Handout: The Person with Mental Illness
Ways to create a pro-life culture with persons living with mental illness.