The Easter Seals organization provides services, outreach and advocacy for people with autism, wounded veterans and others with disabilities. The nonprofit, which is more than 90 years old, is based in Chicago and has no religious affiliation.

The National Organization on Disability promotes full accessibility in all aspects of life for those with disabilities. The nonprofit group is based in New York City. Kaitlin Bitting handles media inquiries.

A Sept. 17, 2013, article details the findings of a LifeWay Research survey on Americans’ beliefs about mental illness and the role of faith in curing it.

A Sept. 17, 2013, infographic by The Huffington Post details 16 mass shootings that occurred nationwide during the first nine months of 2013.

Towers Online, the news service of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has a primer about the SBC and its annual meeting.

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has a graphic showing that one in six Americans are Baptists. The graphic breaks that figure down by the various Baptist denominations.

Read a June 10, 2009, Religion News Service story, “Southern Baptists look for cures to stagnation.”