From the Fort Wayne [Indiana] News-Sentinel:

Emmanuel Community Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana, recently launched a program that is designed to include and support people with disabilities and their families. The ABLE program also provides education and awareness training about disability for fellow worshippers. Others in the faith community are also starting to provide programs.

“It’s so important for families to have someplace to go where they are accepted,” said Cathy Pratt, director of the Indiana Resource Center on Autism at Indiana University Bloomington. “The church community should be an obvious place of understanding and acceptance.”

Said a church leader, “Accessibility is not a wheelchair ramp. Accessibility is in your heart.”

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