Jeremy P. England

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Disabilities is not an issue that can be ignored. 20% of the people between Canada and the United States have a disability. Clergy members are surrounded by people who are affected by a disability of one kind or another.

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According to national censuses, more than 56 million us Americans and 4 million Canadians—almost one in every five North American citizens—identify as having a disability.1
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People will be surrounded by disability and we are not preparing them for it.

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Present within the future congregations and communities these leaders will serve are numerous individuals impacted directly and indirectly by disability. Indeed, nearly one fifth of all North Americans have a disability, and more than one in four families has a close relative with a disability.2
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  1. M. W.. Brault, Americans with Disabilities: 2010 (Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012); Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey 2006 (Ottawa, ON: 2010). ↩

  2. Brault, Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey 2006 (Ottawa, ON: 2006). ↩

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