My Daughter With Down Syndrome Was Left Out of Her Yearbook
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...
10 Ways Even Small Churches Can Do Disability Ministry
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...
Do Churches Care for the Less Privileged and Disabled? (SET #5)
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...
Thankfulness as a Parent of a Child With a Disability
When my daughter was born with Down syndrome, I never imagined that someday I would be thankful for her diagnosis. At the time of her birth, our future seemed bleak and limited. But disability is so different from what I thought it would be, and years later, there is...
Confessions of a Parent of Kids With Disabilities: I Am OK With Disability
There was a time I was ignorant about disability. When we found out prenatally our baby most likely had Down syndrome, it was hard. I only knew stereotypes, coupled with my limited experiences interacting wth people with disabilities. The diagnosis felt as if it was...
Ellen Stumbo writes and speaks about finding beauty in brokenness with gritty honesty and openness. She's passionate about sharing the real – sometimes beautiful and sometimes ugly – aspects of faith, parenting, special needs, and adoption. Ellen’s writing has appeared on Focus on the Family, LifeWay, MomSense, Not Alone, Mamapedia and the Huffington Post.