Clergy and Leaders in the local church have a huge impact on a congregations abilities to address disability. That will require previous experience, education, or at the very least the willingness to address concerns heads on.
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Clergy can play a powerful role in spurring (or stifling) efforts to ensure that people with disabilities and their families are invited, welcomed, and supported within a faith community. The degree to which clergy are committed to and confident in these roles may depend in part on the extent to which they have had prior training and experiences that have equipped them well to lead a congregation that will inevitably involve people with disabilities and their families as members.
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