Disabilities Awareness Sunday

Resources

Sunday resources (Elevate Christian Disability Trust)
Anglican Taonga article (Anglican Taonga) 
Avoiding Abelist Language (Augsburg.edu)
A simple reflection tool (Erik Carter) - a resource for schools, but you could replace the word 'student' with 'children' and reflect on how you are creating a space for all children to belong in your churches. 
Disability Ministry Resources (Anglican Province of NZ)
Disability, Limitation and the Crucified God - an article by Maja Whitaker (Catch)

Church resources and reading 

My Body is Not a Prayer Request
​Amy Kenny
"Much of the church has forgotten that we worship a disabled God whose wounds survived resurrection, says Amy Kenny. It is time for the church to start treating disabled people as full members of the body of Christ who have much more to offer than a miraculous cure narrative and to learn from their embodied experiences.

Written by a disabled Christian, this book shows that the church is missing out on the prophetic witness and blessing of disability. Kenny reflects on her experiences inside the church to expose unintentional ableism and cast a new vision for Christian communities to engage disability justice. She shows that until we cultivate church spaces where people with disabilities can fully belong, flourish, and lead, we are not valuing the diverse members of the body of Christ.

Here is an Facebook Live interview with Amy Kelly
Soujourners Article (Amy Kenny)

Children's Book

The Big Wide Welcome is a book by Trill Newbell, and published by the Good Book Company. 
This beautiful hardback Bible storybook for 3-6-year-olds uses the Bible’s teaching on favoritism from James chapter 2 to encourage children to love and welcome people regardless of their wealth, personality, or background, just like Jesus does.
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Download a "​Our churches should be big-wide-welcome places – places where there are no favorites, and everyone is loved" colouring sheet