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Church’s Disabilities Website Released in Nine Additional Languages
When lds.org/disability first launched in 2007 in English, it brought together information that had previously been scattered across handbooks, manuals, and other websites, making helps and ideas more accessible in a central location. Now, during 2012, those resources (which include information...
Many hands help with not-so-typical baptism
Mormon Life says: I absolutely love this.
It took nine priesthood holders, each dressed in white, as well as several others on the side, to help a man who uses a wheelchair enter a special pool on Sunday to baptize his disabled roommate. ...
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Young Church Service Missionaries: Elder Wyatt
Mormon Life says: Love this video. What an incredible young man (and family).
Primary: 'Every child is precious'
Every child is precious and every child is capable of feeling the Spirit. It is as Joseph Smith said, "All the minds and spirits that God ever sent into the world are susceptible of enlargement" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 354).Primary leaders are learning to make accommodations and...
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Made with LOVE
Mormon Life says: A beautiful story of how one BYU grad student has worked with special-ed students to develop marketable skills THEY want to develop - and how they have risen to her high expectations.
Meeting the Need: Helping Children with Developmental Disabilities in Primary
Mormon Life says: Children with disabilities can be found in every Primary. How can we meet the needs of all the children in our ranks? Here are a few resources, with insight from those with experience, for members looking to help.
Sundays at the Staples’ home were anything but restful. As soon as 6-year-old Jon realized it was Sunday, the crying, tantrums, and pleading started. During Sacrament Meeting, Jon, who was recently...
Autistic Boy Scout earns all 132 merit badges
Mormon Life says: Even without the merit badges, he's an awesome kid.
Nate Christensen seems like a typical almost-18-year-old boy. Now in his senior year at Bingham High School in South Jordan, he plays the trumpet in the marching band. He took a longtime friend to...
The Priesthood and the Disabled
Mormon Life says: A touching look at something remarkable that many of us have witnessed.
Picture in your mind, and it shouldn’t take much imagination, a young boy participating in the priesthood function of the Sacrament. He lowers his head during the prayers and then gleefully hands...
Young Women Lesson 49: Valuing and Encouraging People with Disabilities
Mormon Life says: Jesus Christ is our greatest example. He was surrounded by multitudes and spoke to thousands, yet He always had concern for the one.
Discussion QuestionsWhat character traits or skills do I have or need that will help me serve those with disabilities?What could I do to help someone with a disability feel useful and needed,...
Dealing with Difference
Mormon Life says: As a mother of two disabled children, I have learned that most people want to include those of differing abilities, but they don’t know how. Here are some suggestions to help put everyone at ease.
I pushed the cart through the crowded aisles, shaking my head at the squeaking whine coming from the left front wheel. All around me people turned to stare. I pasted on a smile and tried to convince...
Autism in Our Primary
Mormon Life says: Working with autistic children in a church setting, when you may not be trained in how to work with the disability, can be a great challenge. But with patience, the right attitude, and some essential tools, it can be a tremendous blessing.
"A new family is moving into our ward!" This statement always brought an air of joy and excitement to our small congregation. Our Primary wasn't very big, so the thought of more children and...
It Was Claire's Life
Mormon Life says: On a seemingly normal February day, the perfect storm arrived. The storm consisted of influenza. A fever, pneumonia, and a wheezing episode- all merged in the lungs of our severely disabled daughter. There are no forecasting methodologies or advance warning systems for such pulmonary disasters, so paramedics broke suburbia's monotony with the lights and sirens of a Code 3 ambulance trip to our home.
Being the parent of a medically fragile child means coping with the unnatural reality that your child will likely leave this life before you do. Doctors feel compelled to discuss this defiance of...
