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Jehovahs Witness and Disability

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hello all- i am putting together a directory of resources from different religious organizations that address the topic of disability and have had a difficult time finding anything from the jehovahs witnesses.... i am wondering if anyone out there knows of anything in the area of disability- websites, organizations, people??

the kind of thing i'm looking for is under the 'faith group specific' section here at http://www.faithability.org/directory/ i'm not really familiar with the jehovahs witnesses teaching on the topic, but our neighbors were jehovahs witnesses growing up and they were great neighbors to my two younger brothers with disabilities- i just want to make sure that i have a good and accurate representation- any help is appreciated.

thanks, christopher phillips http://www.faithability.org/

mactoph

Hello all- I am putting together a directory of resources from different religious organizations that address the topic of disability and have had a difficult time finding anything from the Jehovahs Witnesses.... I am wondering if anyone out there knows of anything in the area of disability- websites, organizations, people?? The kind of thing I'm looking for is under the 'Faith Group Specific' section here at http://www.faithability.org/directory/ I'm not really familiar with the Jehovahs Witnesses teaching on the topic, but our neighbors were Jehovahs Witnesses growing up and they were great neighbors to my two younger brothers with disabilities- I just want to make sure that I have a good and accurate representation- any help is appreciated. Thanks, Christopher Phillips http://www.faithability.org/

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Disabilities

by mactoph in

jw
friends

this is my first post- i am actually looking for any information that anyone might have on jehovahs witness resources on disability.

i am putting together a directory of links and resources dealing with the topic of disability from different religious organizations and haven't yet come up with anything- .

if someone could point me in the right direction or give me any ideas it would be grealy appreciated.

mactoph

Thanks to those who replied- mainly I am looking for websites or any other type of information really that is geared specifically towards supporting persons with disabilities.
The comments made about nothing existing are unfortunately not too common for many religious organizations.
While there are certainly exceptions, too many preach "All are welcome," but then put up either physical or attitudinal barriers to full acceptance of persons with disabilities. Some persons are able to get past that and worship anyways, others look elsewhere or leave religion all together.
If anyone is interested and there really is nothing specific to Jehovah's Witness, there fortunately are a number of interfaith type of organizations- there is a listing of some of them at:
http://www.faithability.org/directory/
If anyone comes across anything, I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks,
Christopher

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Disabilities

by mactoph in

jw
friends

this is my first post- i am actually looking for any information that anyone might have on jehovahs witness resources on disability.

i am putting together a directory of links and resources dealing with the topic of disability from different religious organizations and haven't yet come up with anything- .

if someone could point me in the right direction or give me any ideas it would be grealy appreciated.

mactoph

Hello Everyone-
This is my first post- I am actually looking for any information that anyone might have on Jehovahs Witness resources on disability. I am putting together a directory of links and resources dealing with the topic of disability from different religious organizations and haven't yet come up with anything-
If someone could point me in the right direction or give me any ideas it would be grealy appreciated.

Thanks so much,
Christopher
http://www.faithability.org/
Religion, Spirituality and Disability Resources