Comments on: Church may create ‘envoy’ for people with disabilities: Hiltz

By: Lorna Tatomir

Lorna Tatomir — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 06:25:28 +0000

You might want to start with a fantastic program put our by Joni and Friends international which has a lot of the tools and training you need at several level of programs from church awareness to Masters Degree programs being implemented http://www.joniandfriends.org/education-and-training/
You might want to tap in the word Disability Theology and see what comes up.
You could attend a course coming up in Toronto Chrisitan Horizons taught by Dr. Neil Cudney.
However I would overall suggest you start with the Christian Disability Institute in California and there starter course called Beyond Suffering backed by a Leadership Course.
I am moving to Ontario. You could hire me. I have wanted a position like this for sometime.

By: Cathy O'Connor

Cathy O'Connor — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 19:07:05 +0000

Why is it going to be a volunteer position? Until you take the situation seriously and put money behind it, you’re never going to send the right message that you’re taking the situation seriously. Part time and volunteer? Really? The message is clear to me. Those of us with disabilities don’t rate. We’re not so much as a budget item.

By: Tali Folkins

Tali Folkins — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:15:46 +0000

In reply to Liz Richards. Thanks for your comment, Liz Richards. We’ve removed the term “wheelchair-bound” from the story.

By: Tali Folkins

Tali Folkins — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:14:15 +0000

In reply to Mike Walker. Thanks for your comment, Mike Walker. We've removed the term "wheelchair-bound" from the story.

By: Liz Richards

Liz Richards — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:34:26 +0000

The term “Wheelchair bound“ is not appropriate in this day and age. A wheelchair (scooter, walker, etc) is a piece of equipment used by people who need it for independence, safe and/or comfortable mobility. A more respectful phrase is “people who use wheelchairs or other mobility aides“. The task is to accommodate and speak of people, not equipment.

By: Mike Walker

Mike Walker — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:18:23 +0000

Thanks for sharing this with us. I’m a disability advocate in the Diocese of Toronto, and the University. I noticed that the article calls some respondents to the report “wheelchair-bound,” which implies that wheelchairs create a space of captivity; the truth is that people are “wheelchair mobilized,” because the chairs create the potential for freedom of motion. Who can I talk to in order to get the language in the article edited?

By: Rev. Karen Pitt

Rev. Karen Pitt — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 12:11:54 +0000

Tali, thank you for following up on this area and report. Should people wish to read the full report it can be found at:

https://www.academia.edu/35748623/People_with_Disabilities_within_the_Anglican_Church_in_Canada_A_Call_for_Full_Participation_and_Understanding_of_the_Way_Forward