by Ellen Stumbo | Disability, Down Syndrome
Last year, I walked into a dance studio planning to sign up two of my girls; one for ballet, the other for ballet and tap. We found a studio only a few blocks from our house and it was not a competition dance school — we liked that. We chose the studio because on...
by Ellen Stumbo | Disability
Last week, we found out my daughter with Down syndrome was left out of her yearbook along with the other children with disabilities who attend her school. I emailed the principal, the special education teacher, the district superintendent and the special education...
by Ellen Stumbo | Disability
Update 05/11: I have now spoken to the principal regarding this situation. The principal was 100 percent supportive and genuine, so I believe this was an unfortunate event and a learning experience. As I mentioned in the beginning of the post, we love the school and...
by Ellen Stumbo | Disability
Disability ministry is about relationship, and no church is too small to have meaningful relationships with every person who walks through its doors. While a small church might not be able to have all the bells and whistles of a robust disability ministry, a small...
by Ellen Stumbo | Disability
Editor’s note: Once in a while I like to look at the search engine terms (SET) that bring people to my site. Some of them I feel are important enough to address. Someone googled, “Do churches care about the less privileged and disabled?” So let’s talk...
by Ellen Stumbo | Pastor's Wife
I married a pastor, which made me a “pastor’s wife.” We served at two white evangelical churches. I became really good at “conforming” to a culture foreign to my own, wanting to fit in, wanting to be accepted. I never found the right shape to fit in. The corners...