Final #DATC2024 presentation today comes from Dr. Erik Carter, Baylor Center for Developmental Disabilities, and collaborator with “With Ministries” addressing the topic Flourishing Together: moving from inclusion and embrace. Carter notes ministry has changed over the years from exclusion to at least to ministry either “to” a specialized group, or among with a special class or subgroup in a church, to ministry “with” through more accessible Aspects of Accessible Worship such as

○Architecture ○Attitudes ○Communication ○Contribution ○Expectations ○ Interactions ○Supports ○ Liturgy ○Understanding ○Postures ○Technology ○Sense of community Theology ○ Sensory factors ○Transportation. Still there more to do to move to a place of true belonging and flourishing through the input and interplay of disabled people. Regardless where any church might be, the are places for improvement.