Organizations & Associations
Physical Impairments
Muscular Dystrophy Association: www.mda.org
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy: www.parentprojectmd.org
United Cerebral Palsy:
www.ucp.org
Visual Impairments:
American Council for the Blind:
www.acb.org
American Foundation for the Blind:
www.afb.org
Alzheimer’s/Dementia:
Alzheimer’s Association:
www.alz.org
Hearing Impairments:
DOOR International: www.doorinternational.com
National Association of the Deaf: www.nad.org
Mental Illness:
National Alliance on Mental Illness: www.nami.org
Autism:
Foundation for Autism Training and Education:
www.thefate.org
The Gray Center: www.thegraycenter.org/home
Autism Outreach, Inc.
US Autism & Asperger Association: www.usautism.org
Learning Disabiltiies:
LD OnLine:
ADHD:
Children and Adults with AD/HD:
ADDitude:
Physical Disabilities, Mental Disabilities, & Emotional Struggles
This is a place you can go to find support for all forms of disability struggles. You will find resources for austism, depression, attention disorders, physical disabilities, and more.
Beginning Guidelines and Resources for an Inclusive Church (Click here)
Training, Curricula & Safety Forms
Special Needs by Gospel Lights created by Joni and Friends
Books
Child by Child: Supporting Children with Learning Differences and Their Families
by Susan Richardson
Helping Kids Include Kids with Disabilities
by Barbara J. Newman
A Place Called Acceptance: Ministry with Families of Children with Disabilities
by Kathleen Deyer Bolduc
Austim: The Presbyterian Church in Canada, Christian Education Resources: Welcoming a Child with Autism
Autism and Your Church: Nurturing the Spiritual Growth of People with Autism Spectrum
by Barbara J Newman
Faith, Family, and Children with Special Needs
by David Rizzo
Everybody Is Different: A Book for Young People Who Have Brothers or Sisters With Autism by Fiona Bleach
Maddie: Teaching Tolerance with a Smile by Sean O'Brien
Online Ministries
The Inclusive Church: theinclusivechurch.wordpress.com
Key Ministry: A Church for Every Child www.keyministry.org
Christian Learning Center Church Services: www.clcnetwork.org/church_services
Faith Inclusion Network: http://faithinclusionnetwork.org
Friendship Ministries: www.friendship.org
Joni and Friends: www.joniandfriends.org
Nathaniel’s Hope: www.nathanielshope.org
Chosen Families: http://chosenfamilies.org/about
PURE Ministries: www.pure-ministries.com
Disability Is Natural: www.disabilityisnatural.com
99 Ballons: www.99balloons.org
Faith Ability: Religion and Disability Resources: www.faithability.org
disAbility, Theology, Ministry and the Church: www.abilitychurch.org
Friendship Circle Special Needs Resources: www.friendshipcircle.org/blog/about
Video Resources
McLean Bible Church - How to Talk to Parents: http://youtu.be/fa5fHAi83cc
McLean Bible Church – An Inclusive Approach to Children’s Ministry
Misunderstood Minds (A PBS documentary): www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/about.html
Online Parent Support
Not Alone: http://specialneedsparenting.net
Walk Right In Ministries: www.walkrightin.org
Snappin’ Ministries: www.snappin.org
Parent Blogs
http://wherelilliblooms.blogspot.com
www.comfortinthemidstofchaos.com
http://insightforliving.typepad.com/specialneeds
This page was last updated by JK 1/26/15