We encourage dioceses and parishes to download and share these infographics and help educate your audiences. Just remember that any image shared electronically must have alt text.
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Fact Check. 74% of Americans with a severe disability do not use a wheelchair, cane, crutches, or walker. Invisible disabilities include: ADHD, anxiety, autism, fibromyalgia, post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, many others!
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 Fact Check: Invisible Disabilities | 106.83 KB |
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Presume competence. Not being able to speak does not mean a person cannot: hear, communicate, form friendships, have typical (or greater) intelligence, use their gifts in services to the Church.
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| Presume competence nonverbal infographic | 90.89 KB |
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Presume competence. Being blind does not mean a person cannot: read, write, cook, clean, raise a family, live independently, use their gifts in services to the Church.
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| Presume competence blind infographic | 88.32 KB |
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Being with peers for faith formation benefits youth with and without disabilities. It builds empathy, they learn how to work with people who aren’t like them, it builds a community of belonging, and it helps youth recognize that everyone has gifts to share.
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| Peer Faith Formation Infographic | 104.69 KB |
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Good design limits barriers to participation. Adjustable ambos make it easier for youth, shorter adults, and persons who use wheelchairs to serve as lectors. Not using incense at the Saturday vigil Mass gives persons who are sensitive or allergic to scents a safe way to celebrate.
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| Good design limits barriers infographic | 105.15 KB |
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Short description: Having a disability does not mean a person cannot receive sacraments.
Long description: Having a disability does not mean a person cannot receive sacraments. You do not have to speak to receive Eucharist, recite Gifts of the Spirit to receive Confirmation, or speak to seek forgiveness through Reconciliation. Persons with intellectual disabilities can understand the promises made in Matrimony.
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| Fact check sacraments infographic | 121.84 KB |
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Short description: American Sign Language is a full and complete language with its own grammar structure that is not the same as English.
Long description: American Sign Language is a full and complete language with its own grammar structure. For persons whose native language is ASL, English is a second language, spoken or written. This means that providing written material is not as effective as providing ASL interpretation as an accommodation.
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| Did you know ASL language infographic | 113.27 KB |
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Short description: Infographic listing physical accessibility features that are more than getting through a door. Refers to accessibilitychecker.org for more information.
Long description: Bathrooms: space to move and close the door; appropriate height toilet, sink, soap, towels. Meeting Spaces: accessible level of building; room to maneuver. Pew Cutouts: in more than one location in the church. Ramps or lifts: to the altar, choir loft, etc. Doors: electronic to get into the building; lever instead of knob elsewhere.
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| Physical access infographic | 107.29 KB |
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Fact check: Less than 4% of websites are fully accessible. Accessible websites remove barriers to belonging for persons with a wide range of disabilities.
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| Fact check: Website Accessibility | 120.9 KB |