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The mission of the AAPD Interfaith Initiative is to support people with disabilities and their families as they seek spiritual and religious access, and to bring the powerful and prophetic voice of the faith community to the 21st Century disability agenda.
Interfaith Initiative will urge local congregations, denominations, national faith groups, and seminaries to identify and remove barriers that prevent people with disabilities from participating in a full life of faith including worship, study, service, and leadership. As you know, these include barriers of architecture, communications, and attitude.
The mission of the AAPD Interfaith Initiative has never been more important, because many people with disabilities and their families find congregations to be unwelcoming.
Interfaith AT-A-Glance (PDF) (WORD)
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 The opportunity to join 2,500 other committed congregations to enroll in the Accessible Congregations Campaign and to remove barriers to the full participation of people with disabilities.
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Assistance in organizing a community-building "That All May Worship" conference bringing the disability community into dialogue with the religious community at the local level.
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Problem solving assistance for congregations and seminaries that have questions about program and building access.
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Ginny Thornburgh: Program Director
 Ginny Thornburgh has spent the past forty years as an advocate for people with disabilities. She presently serves at the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) as Director of the AAPD Interfaith Initiative, the mission of which is to support people with disabilities and their families as they seek spiritual and religious access.
Previously she served for nineteen years as Director of the Religion and Disability Program of the National Organization on Disability. She co-authored and edited the award-winning publication, That All May Worship, now in its seventh printing, and From Barriers to Bridges, a guide to community action, as well as editing Loving Justice: The ADA and the Religious Community. >> more
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GThornburgh@aapd.com
