The Episcopal Disability Network works for the inclusion of people with disabilities into religious and congregational life.

The Congregational Accessibility Network provides information about a wide variety of disabilities, including autism and Asperger’s syndrome, and offers resources and links. The network, based in Goshen, Ind., is an initiative of the Anabaptist Disabilities Network.

Pathways to Promise is a St. Louis-based interfaith cooperative that provides resources for congregations to respond to mental illness in families. Craig Rennebohm is senior adviser.

The Christian Learning Center offers Christian special education to students in religious schools as well as employment training for disabled adults. It is based in Wyoming, Mich., but works with people and organizations across the country. Katie Barkley is the marketing communications manager.

Friendship Ministries in Grand Rapids, Mich., helps congregations work with people with cognitive impairments. Tom VanWingerden is the executive director.

The CEC- Faith Based Schools and Organizations is a network of those interested in advancing the field as to how children with disabilities are served in faith based schools and organizations. The chair is Dr. Julie M. Lane.

Bethesda Lutheran Communities, affiliated with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and based in Watertown, Wis., serves people with developmental disabilities. Its support services include religious education. The media contact is Julie Timm.

Rabbi Judith Abrams of Houston co-edited Jewish Perspectives on Theology and the Human Experience of Disability.

Erik Carter is the author of Including People With Disabilities in Faith Communities: A Guide for Service Providers, Families & Congregations and an associate professor of special education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.