Neurodivergent and Disability Resources

The majority of these resources exist outside the United States. Overall they provide better sense of the shared efforts to resource and support disability ministries as well as neurodivergent persons.

CBM resources: CBM Australia is part of a Christian international development organisation devoted to improving the lives of people with disabilities in the poorest places on earth. Poverty and disability go hand in hand, creating a cycle of inequality, isolation and exclusion that leads to the most extreme forms of poverty

https://www.cbm.org.au/luke14/training

Karis Church Resources: Karis Disability Services operates in Ontario and Saskatchewan, serving over 70 communities

https://karis.org/media-resources/church-resources

Faithward: Focus on Accessibility

Advocating for Accessibility in the Church Means Caring for Caregivers, Too

Keith Dow: Images of God Through the Lens of Disability: This project was made possible through the Psychology Cross-Training for Theologians Fellowship, funded by the John Templeton Foundation. The fellowship brings together early-career theologians and leading psychologists to explore how insights from psychological science can deepen theological reflection.

Images of God Home

EFC Guide to Disability: Evangelical Fellowship of Canada guide on Disability Ministry

https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/Resources/Documents/Life-Together-Disability-and-Belonging-in-the-Chur

Research articles on Neurodivergence by the British Psychological Association

https://www.bps.org.uk/collections/neurodivergence

About Dean G. Blevins

Dr. Dean G. Blevins currently serves as Professor of Practical Theology and Christian Discipleship at Nazarene Theological Seminary as well as Director of Nurturing Care with Children through Worship and Prayer. An ordained elder, Dean has ministered in diverse settings and currently also serves at the USA Regional Education Coordinator for the Church of the Nazarene. A prolific author, Dr. Blevins recently co-wrote the textbook Discovering Discipleship and edits Didache: Faithful Teaching, a journal for Wesleyan Education.
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