Churches
Our comprehensive suite of resources is built to help your church gain the knowledge, strategies, and faith-driven skills to build and maintain a disability-inclusive environment. No matter what stage your church is at—from seeking the latest materials for a long-standing program to learning more about disability in general—you’ll find countless resources to fit your needs.
Resources for churches
Videos
Sound can enhance learning and create an inviting atmosphere, but the wrong sound can prevent people from attending your church or ministry events. Gain awareness and understanding for people with auditory processing issues…
Touch, textures, and temperatures are very important sensory areas to consider in church and ministry events. Common things such as greetings, seating, clothing, meals, communion, and baptism can be extremely difficult for…
Simple solutions for anyone with the wiggles. Discover how to provide easy alternative seating and movement opportunities for your church or ministry events to help people with the need to move. Also discover how weighted…
We don’t often consider how our church smells and how that may affect people with sensory processing issues. It is important to consider all areas of the church, including kitchens, sanctuaries, fellowship halls, and…
Discover how to create a simple sensory tool kit to benefit a wide range of sensory processing issues at church, such as difficulty with attention, staying seated, fidgeting, anxiety, sensory overload, sensory-seeking…
Experience the sensory benefits of using weighted items in your church like this portable, easy-to-clean weighted wrap. Weighted items can promote calming and even help prevent a meltdown. They are also effective in reducing…
Discover why every church needs to have inexpensive noise-reducing headphones readily available. Auditory hypersensitivity and auditory defensiveness can prevent people from attending church because of the anxiety and pain…
Learn how to choose the best fidgets for church. Discover who needs a fidget and how fidgets can help many people increase their attention, concentration, focus, and learning while decreasing anxiety and extraneous movement.…
Know someone who can’t sit still or stay seated? Wiggle seats allow a person to move while staying seated and they are portable, so they can be used in chairs, the floor, or even a pew. Discover all the ways to use a wiggle…
Discover why every church needs to have inexpensive noise-reducing headphones readily available. Auditory hypersensitivity and auditory defensiveness can prevent people from attending church because of the anxiety and pain…
An essential sensory self-regulation tool to help with transitions and tracking time. By using a visual timer, you can smoothly shift from preferred to non-preferred activities. The bubble timer is not only effective but also…
Everyone wants to be in control, including kids! Control Is My Goal is a children’s book that teaches children how to control their own bodies and emotions. Learn how to use self-regulation strategies using simple sensory…
Structuring your Disability Ministry and building a disability ministry that lasts.
This video provides five tangible steps any church can take towards providing meaningful support to people of all abilities. Also included is a document describing disability ministry models. What is a “ministry model?” A…
Matt & Ginny Mooney share the mission and vision of 99 Balloons and how it all started because of the life of their son, Eliot.
