disability ministry – Mill Pond Porch

“Equitable Use” of the Gospel | The Principles of Universal Design and the Church

There is no “handicapped access” to the Kingdom… People with disabilities “enter by the same door” as everyone else.

Designing “to the norm” doesn’t feel like design at all. Universal Design and the Church: 2

This is where “ableism” originates: “we” establish “ourselves” as “normal” – and having done so, what works (for “us”) works. Period. “Others” are not in view, because they are, by definition, “exceptions.”

Getting everybody to the table so we all can eat. Jesus’ story of the Banquet

There is a HUGE difference between putting up a sign reading “Everyone welcome” and actually extending “compelling welcome” to individuals with disabilities.