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This page is and will always be a work in progress. I aim to list online and off-line resources - many free - that can help churches minister to and with people with special needs here. Please comment if you have any suggestions for me to add!
By summer 2014, I'll be adding a page titled "handouts" of my own print resources that you can freely use as long as you don't charge anything for the content.
The Works of God
Story Fork: A Community Engaging Disability {where I serve as a content curator}
Disability Concerns for the Christian Reformed Church in North America
The Inclusive Church
Church 4 Every Child
Diving for Pearls
All Access
Different Dream
Wrestling with an Angel
99 Balloons {where I serve as a consultant}
Joni & Friends
Key Ministry {where I serve as a consultant}
Mark 2 Ministries
The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
Disability Scoop
To be developed soon.
{I used to list a popular special needs adoption website here, but I no longer can do so after hearing first-hand stories of unethical behavior.}
Same Lake, Different Boat by Stephanie O. Hubach
Wrestling With an Angel by Greg Lucas
Special Needs, Special Ministry
{currently out of print, but a new edition is available: Special Needs Ministry for Children}
My review of several special needs handbooks
and a direct Amazon link to the one I recommend most: Autism & Your Church, which is helpful for a wide array of diagnoses and not just autism
Recommended disability ministry book list from Bethlehem Baptist Church
Another blogger's review of A Different Dream for My Child by Jolene Philo
Another blogger's review of Lifeway's Special Buddies curriculum
By summer 2014, I'll be adding a page titled "handouts" of my own print resources that you can freely use as long as you don't charge anything for the content.
Other blogs
The Works of God
Story Fork: A Community Engaging Disability {where I serve as a content curator}
Disability Concerns for the Christian Reformed Church in North America
The Inclusive Church
Church 4 Every Child
Diving for Pearls
All Access
Different Dream
Wrestling with an Angel
Disability Ministry Organizations
Joni & Friends
Key Ministry {where I serve as a consultant}
Mark 2 Ministries
Secular Organizations offering Support/Information Valuable to Churches
Disability Scoop
Special Needs Adoption resources
{I used to list a popular special needs adoption website here, but I no longer can do so after hearing first-hand stories of unethical behavior.}
Books & curricula
Wrestling With an Angel by Greg Lucas
Special Needs, Special Ministry
{currently out of print, but a new edition is available: Special Needs Ministry for Children}
My review of several special needs handbooks
and a direct Amazon link to the one I recommend most: Autism & Your Church, which is helpful for a wide array of diagnoses and not just autism
Recommended disability ministry book list from Bethlehem Baptist Church
Another blogger's review of A Different Dream for My Child by Jolene Philo
Another blogger's review of Lifeway's Special Buddies curriculum