Contributed by Shawn Drake on Oct 7, 2022
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I was asked, “What is Tharon’s greatest accomplishment”? That question really made me think hard. Tharon lost his memory at 14 years old. Every day when he woke up, he was like a 2 year old kid. I went with him to School every day and by the time we made it to Swim practice, he was 14. By the
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Contributed by Shawn Drake on Oct 7, 2022
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“Everyone has a disability- Mine is just more noticeable than most people’s. God can use any person’s disability for God’s glory
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2009
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DEATH OR DISABILITY? AMERICANS CHOOSE DEATH
52% of people in the U.S. would rather be dead than disabled says a Disaboom study, a website for disabled people. 63 % of younger Americans chose death over disability. 56% of Americans 65 and older would rather die than live with a disability. Those
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2008
Americans with Disabilities and other chronic conditions are less likely to use the Internet, but those who are online are among the most avid consumers of health-related information, a new study finds. 50% of those with chronic conditions use the Internet, compared with
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
40% of people with disabilities conduct business and personal activities
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
55 million Americans have disabilities. 24.8% are mobility limitations, 24.8% limited hand use, 16.4% cognitive disabilities, 11.9% vision,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
50% of disabled U.S. adults say the Internet has significantly improved their quality of life, vs. just 27% of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2002
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Peter Singer, an Australian bioethicist maintains, "When the death of a disabled infant will lead to the birth of another infant with better prospects of a happy life, the total amount of happiness will be greater if the disabled
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Nov 11, 2002
National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats)
Only 39% of elderly Americans report that they are in good health
Over 33 million Americans have arthritis to the point it alters their daily lives
Nearly 150 million Americans suffer with some sort of disability dealing with the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 2, 2006
More Men Out Of Workforce: While men lost jobs less frequently in the ’90s, those who did tended to remain out of a job longer. The economists estimate that some 40% of the growth in men no longer in the labor force reflected a rising number claiming to be ill or disabled -- a change that may
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Contributed by John Wagner on Dec 1, 2010
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"Real friends don't let disfigurement, or disability, or dysfunction stop them from
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2006
The World health Organization reports that 10% of the world’s population is disabled. (Foster
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"A friend of mine, Bud Wood, founded Shepherds Home in Wisconsin for boys and girls with developmental disabilities. The original ministry opened its doors in 1964 to 36 children, providing them a loving residential environment and a school that would focus on their unique needs, helping them
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Contributed by Bruce Emmert on Oct 26, 2008
When I was in high school Go-cart tracks were a fad. A friend of mine named Steve went to the local go-cart track a couple of times a week. One crucial fact about high school boys and go-carts: teen age boys will go as fast as that go-cart can possibly go every time. Combine that with the fact that
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 2, 2006
Employee Weight related costs are adding $12 billion a year to costs of employers nationwide, including medical bills, reduced productivity, increased absenteeism and higher health and disability insurance premiums
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"History is to the nationas memory is to the individual. An individual deprived of memory becomes disoriented and lost, not knowing where he has been or where he is going, so a nation denied a conception
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Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 24, 2002
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A SAFE PLACE
Henri Nouwen, the widely read Christian author, was a professor at Yale University Divinity School and later at Harvard. He had a prestigious life filled with honor. But in 1986 he resigned from his job of teaching to become pastor for the Daybreak community of people with
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