New and Current Assets for Incapacity Delight Month

July is Incapacity Delight Month within the U.S. As Lizzie Cox explains in her article “Incapacity Delight and Advocating for Entry,” this month is a time to “have fun the efforts of 1000’s who organized for many years to create the People with Disabilities Act,” which grew to become legislation on July 26, 1990. In “Incapacity Delight Month: Why Ought to Incapacity Delight Month Matter for the Church?” Leslie Ballew describes extra layers of which means that Incapacity Delight carries on this means: “Incapacity Delight is difficult the way in which society understands and embraces disabilities. It pushes us to simply accept and honor disabilities as a pure a part of human range. Incapacity Delight works by way of centering the incapacity group by creating visibility, celebrating identification, and preventing in opposition to ableist biases.”

To assist Christian communities be taught from and attend to the histories and experiences of disabled folks and communities throughout this month and all year long, we at Constructing Religion have compiled an inventory of sources that middle disabled folks’s company, voices, and work. The record contains books, articles, podcasts, church accessibility audit instruments, movies, and extra. A lot of the sources are by individuals who determine as disabled and have been printed or launched inside the final 4 years. We hope that these sources assist your communities in in search of justice with disabled folks in your contexts.

Books

Nonfiction Tales of Disabilities and Incapacity Research in Social Contexts

• “In opposition to Technoableism: Rethinking Who Wants Enchancment” by Ashley Shew (W. W. Norton, 2023)
• “The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Constructing a Incapacity-Inclusive World” by Tiffany Yu (Hachette Go, 2024)
• “Crip Kinship: The Incapacity Justice & Artwork Activism of Sins Invalid” by Shayda Kafai (Arsenal Pulp, 2021)
• “Demystifying Incapacity: What to Know, What to Say, and Methods to Be an Ally” by Emily Ladau (Ten Pace, 2021)
• “Incapacity Delight: Dispatches from a Publish-ADA World” by Ben Mattlin (Beacon, 2022)
• “Incapacity Visibility (Tailored for Younger Adults): 17 First-Particular person Tales for At present,” edited by Alice Wong (Delacorte, 2021)
• “The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs” by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Arsenal Pulp, 2022)
• “White Supremacy Is All Round: Notes from a Black Disabled Lady in a White World” by Akilah Cadet (Stability, 2024)

Nonfiction Tales of Disabilities and Incapacity Research in Non secular Contexts

Articles

Podcasts

• Entry All: Incapacity Information and Psychological Well being, hosted by Emma Tracey – A BBC podcast that engages information associated to disabilities and psychological well being with visitor interviews; new episodes launched weekly, roughly 30–40 minutes lengthy
• The Accessible Stall, hosted by Kyle Khachadurian and Emily Ladau – A podcast that options conversations between the hosts about their experiences as disabled individuals and important reflections on present occasions and conditions affecting disabled communities; new episodes launched each 1–2 months, roughly 30–45 minutes lengthy
• All the way down to the Struts, hosted by Qudsiya Naqui – A podcast with visitor interviews that brings intersectional approaches to deal with disabilities, accessible design, and social justice; new episodes are launched each two weeks, roughly 20–half-hour lengthy
• The Mad and Crip Theology Podcast, hosted by Amy Panton and Miriam Spies (additionally obtainable in video format on the Canadian Journal of Theology, Psychological Well being and Incapacity YouTube channel) – A podcast that options interviews with theological students whose work engages disabilities and psychological well being; new episodes launched month-to-month, roughly 40–60 minutes lengthy

Church Incapacity Accessibility Audit Instruments

Further Assets

• “The Artwork of Flourishing: Conversations on Incapacity,” The Hastings Middle for Bioethics web site (2019–2022) – A group of six movies that includes panel discussions amongst disabled students and creatives on the theme of flourishing; matters addressed embrace belonging, expertise use, ableism, incapacity justice and activism, well being care, creativity, and household and kinship
• “Incapacity Delight Month and the Incapacity Rights Motion,” PBS web site (up to date Jul. 24, 2024) – A group of movies and documentaries that middle experiences of disabled folks in addition to the Incapacity Rights Motion (please notice that some movies are now not obtainable as of this text’s publication date)
• “Digital Bookshelf: Incapacity Delight Month,” Nationwide Endowment for the Humanities web site (Could 28, 2024) – An internet site that highlights analysis and artistic tasks which have obtained NEH funding and, as the positioning says, “broaden incapacity entry and analysis and help the educating and preservation of incapacity historical past and expertise”; the record contains books, documentaries, archives, and extra

Featured picture of “Visually Secure Incapacity Delight Flag” is by Ann Magill on Wikimedia Commons and obtainable beneath public area