people with disabilities
Michael Hickson, man with disability, dies after Texas hospital ends COVID treatment
By Kathryn Post — July 1, 2020
(RNS) — Michael Hickson, quadriplegic, husband and father of five, died June 11 after a hospital denied him treatment for COVID-19 and due to his preexisting disabilities.
A report finds L’Arche founder sexually abused 6 women
By Sylvie Corbet — February 22, 2020
PARIS (AP) — Jean Vanier, a religious figure who worked with the developmentally disabled in multiple countries over half a century before his death last year, sexually abused at least six women, according to a report.
Tim Tebow and the Vatican join forces to give disabled an epic prom night
By Claire Giangravé — February 6, 2020
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — 'I don’t think God gives us strength so we can lift things, I think he gives us strength so we can lift other people,' said the former NFL quarterback in an interview with Religion News Service.
App for the blind is the latest in Jerusalem’s effort to make holy sites accessible
By Michele Chabin — June 11, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — In recent months, pedestrian walkways through the oldest parts of the city have been reworked to make them wheelchair-accessible, and new technology is bringing holy sites to life for everyone.
Vanier is gone, but his Christian model for living alongside the disabled takes root
By Yonat Shimron — May 30, 2019
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (RNS) — Jean Vanier’s core principle of 'Eat together, pray together, celebrate together' forms the basis for Friendship House, where students share living space with people with disabilities.
In Kenya, a pastor with disabilities breaks barriers for others
By Fredrick Nzwili — July 8, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The Rev. Dawn Gikandi, 31, is a rarity here -- a pastor who is a woman, a theologian, a social media devotee and a disabled person in a country that stigmatizes people who are physically impaired.
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