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Disability is not always what it seems
No one said life would be easy. And it certainly has not been for Wanda Litwiller of London, Ontario, although she makes her life of 63 years look easier than it is. But as the details of her life are laid bare, one can appreciate the grace and ability Wanda has shown in dealing with…
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Gifts for the church
Gloria* communicated with loud and disruptive noises. Her face was disfigured. Everything about my mother’s cousin revealed her disability—and yet one gesture reflected her ability to love. Gloria was born at a time when people with developmental disabilities were ostracized from society. I rarely saw her, even though her father went to the same church…
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Light on Silence: A podcast preview
Last September, I attended the wedding of friends in Morden, Manitoba. It was a picturesque prairie day as my wife and I drove the highways past beautiful crops ready for harvest and scattered farmhouses, some with children playing happily in the yard. As we drove along, preparing to celebrate love, I thought for the first…
