Jennifer Pader
The Rev. Jennifer Pader is a disability rights advocate and affiliated minister for pastoral care at Fourth Universalist Society in New York.
The Rev. Jennifer Pader is a disability rights advocate and affiliated minister for pastoral care at Fourth Universalist Society in New York.
The United Church of Christ Disabilities Ministries is an inclusion ministry for people with disabilities.
Presbyterians for Disability Concerns advocates for the religious lives of people with disabilities.
The Episcopal Disability Network works for the inclusion of people with disabilities into religious and congregational life.
The National Catholic Partnership on Disability has diocesan and archdiocesan affiliate members. Janice Benton is executive director.
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.
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.