How often, upon seeing a disabled person, do we jump in to help? And how often is our unsolicited help actually disruptive? Real accompaniment is different.
Disabilities
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Meet the Catholic schools serving students with special needs
Because Catholic education should be available to all.
Posted inFaith in Focus
Watching the reality dating show ‘Love on the Spectrum’ when your child has autism
The show may not capture the entire autism spectrum, but the people who are on the show are more real than anyone else I’ve seen on reality TV.
Posted inBooks
Review: Kathleen Norris on a sister’s love
Kathleen Norris’s profound new book ‘Rebecca Sue’ is a kind of double memoir of Norris’s sister, who had suffered from severe mental disabilities, as well of the author herself and her family.
Posted inCatholic Book Club
Henri Nouwen died 30 years ago—but he still speaks to the modern seeker’s soul
Whether writing on Christian spirituality, faith, psychology, pastoral care or another of his many interests, the Rev. Henri Nouwen always emphasized the importance of embracing one’s own vulnerability and finding the human in the other.
Posted inShort Take
I’m a disabled theologian. Here are four ways I think the church can be more inclusive.
What must Catholics change in order for disabled people to be full and equal participants in our global society?
Posted inDispatches
Catholic sisters educate visually impaired children for free in Nigeria
Visually impaired children escape lifelong poverty with the education they receive from Catholic sisters in Lagos, Nigeria.
Posted inNews
Pope Leo encourages hiring people with disabilities at the Vatican
Pope Leo XIV has approved a change in the Vatican labor laws to encourage offices to hire people with disabilities and to make the necessary accommodations.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
I use Medicaid every day. I fear my lifeline is about to be cut.
Medicaid programs allow more children to attend school and climb out of poverty, and they allow some 4.5 million people to live in their own homes rather than in institutions.
Posted inFaith, News
First-ever Deaf Eucharistic Congress inspires people to greater love of Jesus
The first Deaf Eucharistic Congress was held in Emmitsburg, Md. from April 4 to 6.