Comments on: Editorial: Churches should embrace people with disabilities http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/09/editorial-churches-disabilities-27054/ Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kimberley http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/09/editorial-churches-disabilities-27054/comment-page-1/#comment-5386 Kimberley Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:37:48 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/?p=27054#comment-5386 I'm blind and have a spinal cord injury. Even before my sci I had numerous incidents of people telling me my mom must have "sinned" and caused my blindness that way, people trying to "cure" me with "faith" and even one guy who started reading his bible to me at a bus stop and telling me I had the devil in me because one of my eyes turns in towards my nose! On the other hand when I was a teenager I was part of my churches youth group along with a girl who had spina bifida, and another guy who also had cerebral palsy. (I had CP since I was born, but it doesn't affect me much anymore since my sci). I think a lot depends on the attitude of the minister/priest etc. because ultimately I think that attitude/viewpoint spreads to the congregation. It may have helped that I came from a pretty small community and the minister had many churches to visit. I’m blind and have a spinal cord injury. Even before my sci I had numerous incidents of people telling me my mom must have “sinned” and caused my blindness that way, people trying to “cure” me with “faith” and even one guy who started reading his bible to me at a bus stop and telling me I had the devil in me because one of my eyes turns in towards my nose!

On the other hand when I was a teenager I was part of my churches youth group along with a girl who had spina bifida, and another guy who also had cerebral palsy. (I had CP since I was born, but it doesn’t affect me much anymore since my sci).

I think a lot depends on the attitude of the minister/priest etc. because ultimately I think that attitude/viewpoint spreads to the congregation. It may have helped that I came from a pretty small community and the minister had many churches to visit.

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