Read a Sept. 23, 2013, article in The Baptist Standard about what congregations can do to help members who have dementia.

Ora Horn Prouser is executive vice president and academic dean at the Academy for Jewish Religion, a pluralistic rabbinical and cantorial school in Yonkers, N.Y. She is the author of Esau’s Blessing: How the Bible Embraces Those With Special Needs.

Read an article on the subject from the summer/autumn 2011 issue of the Harvard Divinity Bulletin. It’s written by Mark Pinsky, author of Amazing Gifts: Stories of Faith, Disability and Inclusion.

Shelly Christensen is program manager for the Minneapolis Jewish Community Inclusion Program for People with Disabilities. She is the author of a community guide to inclusion.

Read an April 30, 2012, JTA story about strides made by synagogues toward greater inclusion of those with nonphysical disabilities.

Jeff McSwain is the founder of Reality Ministries in Durham, N.C. The nonprofit works to bring together teens and adults, with and without disabilities, “to be reflective of God’s heart for humanity.”

Read a July 13, 2012, Christianity Today story about North Street Community in Durham, N.C., a redevelopment project that includes housing for people with disabilities and for seminary students as well.

Read a Jan. 24, 2013, post on the First Thoughts blog about “a richer theological model of disability.”

Gordon Temple is chief executive of Torch Trust, a British-based organization that works to bring Christ to the visually impaired. Among other things, Temple can discuss how people experiencing sudden disability go through a grief process, and how churches and ministries can help with that.