Resource List for RMC Disability Visions-Ability Matters Committee
United Methodist Church Resources
· Bledsoe, Leslie. “Trust in God and Walk Through the Fear”. New World Outlook. May/June, 2014:18-21. (visual impairment)
· Butler, Joey. “Afflicted But Not Crushed”. Interpreter. Jan./Feb., 2014:37. (mental health)
· “Faith and Mental Health”, General Board of Church and Society UMC. umc- gbcs.org/content/general/Mental-Health-Bulletin.pdf
· Hudspeth, Tom, Rev. Dr. UMC. “Ignore Not the Deaf”. New World Outlook, May/June, 2014: 10-12.
· Hymns for Signing-American Sign Language (1995). http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=445749
· Jeffrey, Paul, Rev. UMC. “Of No Less Worth”. response. May, 2014: 16-18. (interServ)
· Jenkins, Valerie. “It is Well with My Soul”. response. May, 2014: 37-38. (sickle cell anemia and lupus)
· Johnson, Peggy, Bishop UMC. “Embracing Deaf Ministry”. New World Outlook, May/June, 2014: 38-40
· Johnson, Peggy, Bishop UMC, and Robert Walker. Deaf Ministry: Make a Joyful Silence, 2007. http://www.amazon.com/Deaf-Ministry-Make-Joyful-Silence/dp/141966400x
· Johnson, Peggy, Bishop UMC. The Church and People with Disabilities: Awareness, Accessibility, and Advocacy. New York: United Methodist Women: 2014.
· McCart, Sharon. “God Makes a Way: Building a Conference Disability Task Force”. New World Outlook. May/June, 2014: 30-33.
· Mental Health Ministries, [Susan Gregg-Schroeder, Rev. UMC]. www.mentalhealthministries.net
· Mickelson, Taylor. “The Power of Voice”. response. May, 2014: 40-41. (deaf)
· Pridmore, J. Eric, Rev. Dr. UMC. “Seeing the Light”. New World Outlook. May/June, 2014: 34-37. (visual impairment)
· Swedberg, Lynn. “What Do You Know”. New World Outlook. May/June, 2014: (Disability Legislation & History in UMC)
· The Faith We Sing: American Sign Language Edition (2004). http://www.abingdonpress.com/product/9780687066810#.UyNBt_ldV8E
· The VOICE of the United Methodist Disabilities Connection. DisAbility Ministries Committee of the United Methodist Church. http://www.umdisabilityministries.org/join.html#news
· United Methodist Committee on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ministries. http://
· Walker, Robert. Breaking the Sound Barrier in Your Church. http://wwwumcd.org/Publications.htm
· Webber, Brenda. “A Matter of Justice”. response. May, 2014: 33-35.
Accessibility as Hospitality
· A Church of All and for All. https://www.oikoumene.org/en/what-we-do/people-with-disabilities-edan
· “A Place for All”. Diva Communications. DVD http://www.divacommunications.com/programs/documentaries/a-place-for-all
· “A Place for All”. Vimeo On Demand. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/aplaceforall (Video for group of interfaith leaders and individuals with disabilities who explore initiative for inclusion)
· Carter, Erik. Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities: A Guide for Service Providers, Families, and Congregations. Baltimore: Paul A. Brookes Publishing, 2007. (Excellent tool for faith community)
· “Church Accessibility for Mobility Impairment”. Videoette, Spring 2015. RMC, Disability Visions-Ability Matters Committee, http://www.rmcumc.org
· “Communication and Etiquette with Persons with Disabilities”. United Methodist Disability Ministries. http://www.umdisabilityministries.org/welcoming/etiquette.html
· “Disabled Worshippers”. Religion and Ethics. Public Broadcasting Service: WNET, 1 Oct. 1999/19270. (Making places of worship more accessible by changing attitudes toward the people with disabilities who want to be more than witnesses-who want to participate in or lead religious services) http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/1999/10/01/october-01-1999-disabled-worshippers/19270
· National Organization on Disability. That All May Worship: An Interfaith Welcome To People with Disabilities. Crossroad Publishing Co., 1992.
· “Religion and Ethics Weekly: Churches and Disabled”. Public Broadcasting Service:WNET, 10968. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/?p=10968 (Disabilities and how society acts, how churches struggle, and what helps)
· Swedberg, Lynn. “Accessibility Is Another Word For Hospitality!” New World Outlook. May/June, 2014: 14-17.
· Webb-Mitchel, Brett. Welcoming Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet. Crossroad Publishing Co., 1994.
Secular and Ecumenical Resources
· Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory. Dir. Michael Rossato-Bennett. Music and Memory with Dan Cohen, Sundance Film Festival, July 18, 2014 (USA). Documentary Film (1h39m). (Power of music to help people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia) Alzheimer’s Association, National Office 225 N. Michigan Ave., FL 17, Chicago, IL 60601. (800)272-3900. alz.org.
· Alzheimer’s Disease Facing the Fact. Carol Edwards and Glenn Orkin. WGBH Boston Video, 2009. (0912010)
· ARTS: A Film about Possibilities, Disabilities, and the Arts. Dir. Keri Bowers. 2009, Biography/Documentary, 1h7m.
· “Autism the Musical”. Elaine Hall. Bunim-Murray Productions with In Effect Films, 2008. (NNVG109471)
· Colorado Center For the Blind, Non-Profit Organization, 2233 W. Shepperd Ave., Littleton, CO 80120, (303)778-1130. Coloradocenterfortheblind.org
· Creamer, Deborah Beth. Disability and Christian Theology Embodied Limits And Constructive Possibilities. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
· Eareckson-Tada, Joni. A Place of Healing. David C. Cook: 1 Sept. 2010 (Living with chronic pain and a journey of faith)
· Eareckson-Tada, Joni. The God I Love: A Lifetime of Walking with Jesus. Zondervan: 22 July 2003.
· Eareckson-Tada, Joni. When God Weeps. Zondervan: 1 Oct. 2000. (The role of suffering in our lives)
· Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network of the World Council of Churches. http://www.edan-wcc.org/
· Fadiman, Anne. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures. New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux.
· Hansen, Laura. Assist 2 Hear, LLC-Looping Colorado!, (303)478-6120 (cell) (720)210-9653 (metro). Hearing Loop info: www.loopcolorado.com
· Heinicke-Motsch, Karen. “Poverty’s Link to Disabilities”. response. May, 2014: (international poverty/disability)
· Miller, Nancy B. and Catherine C. Sammons. Everybody Different: Understanding And Changing Our Reactions to Disabilities. Holidaysburg: Jason & Nordic Publishers, 1998.
· National Alliance on Mental Illness (www.nami.org)
· Pathways to Promise: Ministry and Mental Illness. http://www.pathways2promise.org/
· Pinsky, Mark. Amazing Gifts: Stories of Faith, Disability, and Inclusion. Virginia: The Alban Institute, 2012. (Compilation stories reflecting upon different disabilities and inclusion)
· Richardson, Susan. Child by Child: Supporting Children with Learning Differences And Their Families. New York: Morehouse Publishing, 2011. (Book filled with useful tools for clergy, students, & future faith fellows)
· “Seeds of Resiliency” (behavioral-care). Susan Polis Schutz. Iron Zeal Films, 2012. www.ironzeal.com
· “Shadow Voices: Finding Help in Mental Illness”. Burton Beller. Harrisburg: Mennonite Media Productions. www.shadowvoices.com ; http:///
· Summitt, Pat Head and Sally Jenkins. Sum It Up. New York, NY: Crown Archetype, Crown Publishing Group (Random House Inc.) 2013. (Life in perspective/victory UT basketball, Alzheimer’s disease)
· “The Ground Truth” (vets). Focus Feature, Ground Truth LLC Production, Universal Studios. (21817)
· “Unforgotten: Willowbrook 25 Years After” (Willowbrook State School for People with Developmental Disabilities). Dir Jack Fisher. City Lights Pictures, Unforgotten Entr. Ltd., 2002.
· Webb-Mitchel, Brett. God Plays Piano Too: The Spiritual Lives of DisabledChildren. Crossroad Publishing Co., 1993.
· Zasler, Nathan M.D., D. Douglas Katz, M.D., and Ross Zafonte, M.D. BrainInjury Medicine: Principles and Practice. New York: Demos Medical Publishing, LLC., 2012.
Updated September 2, 2015