by Sandra Peoples | Apr 4, 2024 | Care and Support, Disability Ministry, Podcast
In today’s episode, Sandra Peoples chats with Tracy McElhattan, PhD, about how to apply universal design for learning principles (UDL) to our children’s ministry classes so everyone can be included and engaged! Listen Anywhere You Find Podcasts! If you...
by Key Ministry | Dec 5, 2023 | Adult Advocates, Autism, Stories
“That game was amazing. Did you see that 3-pointer at the buzzer?”Michael glanced at Hugh’s AAC tablet as he said that, and I had to laugh at myself. After all my years of teaching middle school special education, specifically a significant disabilities/autism class,...
by Key Ministry | Oct 8, 2020 | Church Support, Mental Health
For those that do not know, two times of the year are devoted to building awareness about mental illness. There are awareness days for suicide prevention, autism, or substance misuse. For mental illness, May is Mental Health Awareness month, and in October, Mental...
by Catherine Boyle | Jan 30, 2020 | Autism, Church Support, Mental Health
Last month, I was invited to attend the Autism Speaks Thought Leadership Summit on Achieving Health Equity in Washington, DC. Hosted in a conference room at the Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall, midway between the White House and Capitol Hill, an...
by Catherine Boyle | Oct 8, 2019 | Autism, Mental Health, Spiritual Development
My anorexia took everyone by surprise. For me, it was a monster that seemingly came out of nowhere, sharpening the focus of life into the narrow pursuit of thinness.Looking back, almost forty years later, it’s amazing how mental health issues have impacted nearly...
