Becoming Communities of Belonging

How can our churches and groups become places of welcome for people with disabilities? Amy Julia Becker provides practical advice for how to welcome people with disabilities into our churches and groups. Amy Julia Becker describes herself as "helping people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture." More information is available at beyondordinary...
Timestamps:
0:00
0:42 Intro of Amy Julia
3:24 How are churches unwelcoming and how can we change that?
8:38 Include the disabled in conversations about making the church more accessible and welcoming.
10:40 Programs for those with disabilities & how to staff them
12:31 Welcoming those with intellectual disabilities
14:34 Resources to help churches
15:35 Congregations who welcome disruptive people
21:10 The church as a place of belonging
27:33 Helping the parents and the disabled themselves
31:22 Amy Julia's books
37:50 What we all can do to incorporate people with disabilities