Lauren Teruel Ridloff, an actress from AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” visits her old school and recounts her life as a deaf child and how her experiences at Chicago’s Holy Trinity School for the Deaf–now Children of Peace School–has enriched her life and influenced her career.
Disabilities
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The dignity of human beings must not be measured in ‘usefulness’
People with Down syndrome can accomplish amazing things, but the dignity of the human person is not contingent on measurable achievements.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
New technologies are a conduit for evangelization
We must see new technologies as opportunities for evangelization and solidarity rather than scary, bewildering forces that can only pull us apart.
Posted inFaith, Your Take
How does your parish welcome people with disabilities?
Respondents reported a variety of accommodations for people with disabilities in their parishes, while also calling on their communities to do more to support parishioners with special needs.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope charmed by ‘undisciplined’ disabled child
“But he knows how to communicate, to express himself,” the pope said.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
How digital technology is enhancing religious education options for the blind
While younger Catholics with vision impairment may be quick to tap into the expanding technology, older Catholics with blindness — or those living alone or in out-of-the-way places — often are less likely to access and acquire technology so they can download content.
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Catholic deaf group re-energized with Masses, social media, youth
Worshipping with other deaf Catholics feels like home. They sign prayers and responses with others and communicate after Mass with peers who understand.
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Moving forward from the sexual abuse crisis with eight lessons
Our October 10 guest is John Carr, America‘s Washington correspondent. We discuss his recent article “Eight lessons to help us move forward from the sex abuse crisis.” We also discuss these stories: Holy See issues first response in Archbishop McCarrick case Catholic comedian Jeremy McLellan on finding God by welcoming the disabled What—if anything—ensures a new college […]
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Catholic comedian Jeremy McLellan on finding God by welcoming the disabled
People with intellectual disabilities are, as Jean Vanier is fond of calling them, “friends of time.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Review: In “Far From the Tree,” parents cope with children utterly different from themselves
The documentary version of Andrew Solomon’s book emphasizes the love parents have for children with autism, deafness and other unexpected identities.