Excerpt from Deseret News: (click for entire article)
The Rev. Brett Webb-Mitchell of Chapel Hill, N.C., is a nationally recognized author and advocate for people with disabilities. His new book, "Beyond Accessibility: Toward Full Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Faith Communities," is an attempt to delineate what a congregation might look like if it valued the talents of every member, regardless of ability.
An interview:
Question: Why did you want to write another book on people with disabilities?
Answer: This was an unfinished project. It began when I was asked to be a writer and consultant for the Presbyterian Church (USA) in helping write their policy on people with disabilities. When you write for a large committee, you don't always get to say what you want to say. I wanted to suggest in this book what it would look like to be a fully inclusive faith community in which labels such as "abled" and "disabled" are secondary to being members with one another in a faith community.
The Rev. Brett Webb-Mitchell of Chapel Hill, N.C., is a nationally recognized author and advocate for people with disabilities. His new book, "Beyond Accessibility: Toward Full Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Faith Communities," is an attempt to delineate what a congregation might look like if it valued the talents of every member, regardless of ability.
An interview:
Question: Why did you want to write another book on people with disabilities?
Answer: This was an unfinished project. It began when I was asked to be a writer and consultant for the Presbyterian Church (USA) in helping write their policy on people with disabilities. When you write for a large committee, you don't always get to say what you want to say. I wanted to suggest in this book what it would look like to be a fully inclusive faith community in which labels such as "abled" and "disabled" are secondary to being members with one another in a faith community.
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