Resources for Rare Disease Day (Feb 28 or 29 each year)
About Rare Disease Day
Autism Appreciation Month
Bulletin Insert: In April, we recognize the gifts of persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and show how our faith leads us to create communities where all are welcome. “Respect for persons with disabilities and including them equally in the life of the Church is crucial for our understanding of the human person.”
Rights of Persons with Disabilities to Medical Treatment
While created in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, this information remains applicable.
Inclusive Lenten Activities: Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving
Creative forms of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that promote a culture of inclusion and belonging in parishes and dioceses.
Parish Bulletin for Autism Month of April
Let us take this month of April, Autism Awareness Month, to challenge ourselves to learn more about the ways in which we can accommodate the needs of those in our community who experience autism so that they may participate more fully, and to seek out and celebrate the richness of the gifts they have to offer.
Did you know? Veterans
NCPD has created a series of educational infographics and encourages dioceses and parishes to download and share them.
International Wheelchair Day
Use this image in bulletins, on social media, or anywhere else you can to raise awareness! Any image shared electronically must have alt text. Suggested alt text is below the image.
Presume Competence: Mental Illness
NCPD has created a series of educational infographics and encourages dioceses and parishes to download and share them.