Resources for Ministry with Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities

"The same Jesus who heard the cry for recognition from the people with disabilities of Judea and Samaria 2,000 years ago calls us, His followers, to embrace our responsibility to our own disabled brothers and sisters in the United States." (Pastoral Statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops on People with Disabilities, USCCB, 1978.)

Statements and Resources from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Statements from the Vatican
National Catholic Ministries with Persons with Disabilities
Diocesan Ministries with Persons with Disabilities
Ecumenical Organizations and Resources
National Organizations for Persons with Disabilities
National Agencies and Resources
Ohio Agencies, Organizations and Resources
Local Agencies, Organizations, and Resources

To suggest a link, please e-mail mbutler@cdeducation.org.


Statements and Resources from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Pastoral Statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops on People with Disabilities

Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments with Persons with Disabilities

Welcome and Justice for Persons with Disabilities

Adults with Cognitive Disabilities/ Mental Retardation: Approaches to Adult Faith Formation - A Resource and Idea Book

USCCB Information on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)


Statements from the Vatican

Jubilee of the Disabled (Sunday, December 3, 2000):

Conclusions of a Vatican Conference on the Family and Integration of the Disabled

Address of the Holy Father to the Congress on Integration of Disabled Children

Angelus, December 6, 2001

Address of Pope John Paul II to the Members of the Christian Office for the Disabled

Address of Pope John Paul II to the Faith and Light Movement


National Catholic Ministries with Persons with Disabilities

National Catholic Partnership on Disability

National Catholic Office for the Deaf

National Apostolate for Inclusion Ministry

Network of Inclusive Catholic Educators

Silver Burdett Ginn Religion:  Special Education Resources


Diocesan Ministries with Persons with Disabilities

Archdiocese of Boston - Deaf Catholic Community

Archdiocese of Chicago - SPRED (Special Religious Development)

Diocese of Pittsburgh - Department for Persons with Disabilities

Diocese of San Antonio - Deaf Ministry

Archdiocese of Washington - Center for Deaf Ministries


Ecumenical Organizations and Resources

Faith and Light

National Council of Churches Committee on Disabilities


National Organizations for Persons with Disabilities

** The following links are provided for informational purposes only.  Although sincere efforts have been made to offer addresses only to websites whose content is faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, the Columbus Diocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry is not responsible for the content of the websites accessible by link from this website.  **

Alzheimer's Association

American Association of the Deaf-Blind 

American Association on Mental Retardation

American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA)

American Cancer Society

American Council of the Blind

American Diabetes Association

American Disability Association

American Foundation for the Blind, Inc

American Heart Association National Center

American Lung Association

American Nystagmus Network

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Arc of the US

Arthritis Foundation

Autism Society of America

Brain Tumor Society

Children and Adults with Attention Deficilt Disorder (CHADD)

Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults

Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.

Mental Health & Religion Resources: Pathways to Promise

Muscular Dystrophy Association

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

National Association For Down Syndrome (NADS)

National Association of the Deaf

National Ataxia Foundation

National Down Syndrome Society

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

National Marfan Foundation

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

National Organization for Albinism & Hypopigmnetation (NOAH)

National Paralysis Foundation

National Parent Network on Disabilities

National Stroke Association

Parents Helping Parents

Polio Experience Network

Spina Bifida Association of America

Tourette Syndrome Association

United Cerebral Palsy Association

 


National Agencies and Resources

** The following links are provided for informational purposes only.  Although sincere efforts have been made to offer addresses only to websites whose content is faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, the Columbus Diocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry is not responsible for the content of the websites accessible by link from this website.  **

Administration on Developmental Disabilities

disABILITY.gov

Disability Grapevine Newspaper

Disability Resources on the Internet

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

National Eye Institute

National Institute of Mental Health

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

National Institute on Aging

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders  

Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Social Security Administration  

Special Education Intervention Techniques

U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Education: Office of Special Education Programs

U.S. Department of Education:  Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

U.S. Department of Education:  Rehabilitation Services Administration

U.S. Department of Justice ADA Home Page


Ohio Agencies, Organizations, and Resources

** The following links are provided for informational purposes only.  Although sincere efforts have been made to offer addresses only to websites whose content is faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, the Columbus Diocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry is not responsible for the content of the websites accessible by link from this website.  **

ADA - Ohio

American Council of the Blind of Ohio

Arc of Ohio

Autism Society of Ohio

AXIS Center for Public Awareness of People with Disabilities

Cerebral Palsy Association of Ohio

Disability Health Ohio

Governor's Council on People with Disabilities  

Great Lakes Area Regional Center for Deafblind Education

Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging

Ohio Association of County Boards of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disability

Ohio Department of Education - Office for Exceptional Children

Ohio Department of Education - Office of Special Education Programs

Ohio Department of Human Services: Office of Medicaid

Ohio Department of Mental Health

Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council  

Ohio Disability Resources on the Internet

Ohio Federation Council for Exceptional Children

Ohio Industries for the Handicapped

Ohio Legal Rights Service

Ohio Provider Resource Association

Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission

Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Ohio State School for the Blind

Ohio State School for the Deaf

Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation

Ohio Women with Disabilities Network

Ohio's SERCC Network

Public Images Network

Tourette Syndrome Association of Ohio


Local Agencies, Organizations, and Resources

Catholic Diocese of Columbus

Catholic Social Services

Central Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center (COSERRC)

East Central Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center

Pilasco-Ross Special Education Regional Resource Center

North Central Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center

Orclish

Franklin County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Marion County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Union County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Fairfield County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Columbus Children's Hospital

Autism Society of Central Ohio

Goodwill Columbus