tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post8699916447876900464..comments2023-05-25T09:14:35.702+01:00Comments on The Vernacular Vicar: International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-41104226211155797562011-06-01T22:19:52.152+01:002011-06-01T22:19:52.152+01:00Liverpool cathedral do a play and pray, messy chur...Liverpool cathedral do a play and pray, messy church with sign language, my sister's church in Belfast interprets the service every week, there are numerous Churches that use sign, spring harvest and Keswick also provide sign language and Keswick even have a special stream for deaf people.Helenobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-16252290829169560852010-12-04T08:52:21.113+00:002010-12-04T08:52:21.113+00:00Yes, I've noticed the same (two people, presum...Yes, I've noticed the same (two people, presumably deaf, talking in sign language on a bus). A salutary lesson!Sui Jurishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730688362896132933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-27826409193836882202010-12-03T11:48:15.379+00:002010-12-03T11:48:15.379+00:00I hadn't thought of it in the terms you descri...I hadn't thought of it in the terms you describe, but it is a helpful observation that you make. Yes, I agree, to ally in equality removes a need to resolve, so perhaps 'guilty as charged'.<br /><br />Yes, focus on those who are left out in the cold by dint of their abilities, that is key. <br /><br />As part of my work, I attended a deaf-community coffee morning - an experience I will never forget. In that moment I was disabled, isolated and frankly, sat there feeling stupid because I was on the outside looking in.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-81801574800052946062010-12-03T11:32:03.377+00:002010-12-03T11:32:03.377+00:00Quite right, so we should. I suspect, though, th...Quite right, so we should. I suspect, though, that the fashionable view that "we are all persons with disabilities" does not encourage people to do something about the accessibility of our churches (and other social institutions).<br /><br />It is, sensu stricto, true that we are all "differently abled", to use another very damaging phrase. But the point is that that some people's abilities don't allow them to access things - they are, in common-sense terms, disabled. It is because someone cannot hear that I might have a duty to go the extra mile to ensure he can follow the liturgy, and the emphasis on his inability to hear will prompt me to do it.Sui Jurishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730688362896132933noreply@blogger.com