Member Directory

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EdD and Doctor of Biblical studies

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Community and Partnerships Coordinator, Elevate Christian Disability Trust

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Leader of SERVEurope Catalyst Team, networking mission in Europe and beyond

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I am in my 60’s, married, and I am deaf-blind. I was privileged to serve as a facilitator for the Beyond Suffering Course. Volunteer with Joni and Friends.

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I am a passionate for assist people with disabilities to live and to participate in the community with dignity. I volunteer with ICOSEP (International Coalition of Organizations Supporting Endocrine Patients) as an Ambassador in Democratic Republic of the Congo. I am looking for more ways to make an impact with my passion and desire to help people with disabilities.

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990 Calkins Road, Rochester NY, 14623 USA

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Associate Professor, Director of Special Education Graduate Programs

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Director, Special Needs Ministry

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Senior VP, Joni and Friends

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Disability/Special Needs Coordinator, parent of adult with Down syndrome, speaker/author

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Volunteer with Joni and Friends

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Administrative Assistant for the Global Access Association, with Joni and Friends since February 2016

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Director of special needs day program

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David C. Deuel, Ph.D. Senior Research Fellow – Special Projects The Christian Institute on Disability Joni and Friends International Disability Center (joniandfriends.org) PO Box 3333, Agoura Hills, CA 91376-3333, USA ddeuel@joniandfriends.org (e-ministry)
Academic Dean Emeritus The Master’s Academy International (tmai.org) 24307 Magic Mountain Parkway #540, Valencia, CA 91355, USA
Lausanne Catalyst for Disability Concerns Network Young Leaders (YLGen) Mentoring Leadership Team The Lausanne Church Research Group The Lausanne Movement (lausanne.org) ddeuel@lausanne.org (e-ministry)
Region Disability Integration Lead The American Red Cross (www.redcross.org)
Program Unit Chairman of the OT/ANE Section and Steering Committee member of the Creation Group The Evangelical Theological Society (etsjets.org)
Contact Information: PO Box #301 Broadalbin, New York 12025, USA (518) 883-8553 (w); (518) 883-8694 (h); (518) 844-9259 (m) ddeuel1043@aol.com (e-personal) deuel.dave (skype ID)

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PT, Christian Physical Therapists Int’l Founder

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Founder and Senior Pastor in Cameroon

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Wife, mom of 4 teenagers-2 of whom have Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. Writer, speaker, disability ministry educator, advocate.

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Mom to a young adult with cerebral palsy and hearing loss

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Profesora en Educación Especial. Licenciada en Terapia Ocupacional. Directora de un Hogar para personas con discapcidad. Actualmente soy una de las instructoras en Argentina de mas alla del sufrimiento llamado Extendidos, coordino en mi Iglesia un grupo llamado Sinap en pos de incluir las personas con discapacidad en donde me congrego.
(Via Google Translate: Teacher in Special Education. Degree in Occupational Therapy. Director of a home for people with disabilities. Currently I am one of the instructors in Argentina Beyond Suffering, called Extendidos. I coordinate in my church a group called Sinap in order to include people with disabilities where I congregate.)

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Diagnosed with ASD

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I am a professor and advocate interested in supporting all communities as they create space and opportunities for all to serve and belong.

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Special Education Teacher

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I am a pediatric and school based occupational therapist with an interest in sensory processing disorder

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God is good all the time!!!

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I am a pastor ministering with Vineyard Christian Church in Maratane refugee camp/Nampula in Mozambique. I am a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I have received a call from God to serve in the north of Mozambique where majority of people are Muslim. Where I go to share the gospel with local people we find people in different needs, particularly in the refugee camp where mental disability affects most of refugees due to violence, killings, rape, torture, harassment, trauma, … they were victims in their home countries. Also people with physical disability are present and require a special need from us. My prayer is that God may open ways that can bring hope to these people with disability.

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I am currently pursuing my PhD program in the University of Vermont, in the USA. After our Global Access Conference in 2015, I tried to initiate Disability Ministry in our church back home in Ghana. We are now at the completion of the Disability Ministry Policy for the church. Hopefully, I can get some resources from you that can boost our commitment in my village. Thank you.

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I am the Founder and Executive Director of this small non-profit. We are based in Rwanda. I have 16 children who have multiple disabilities and so I have been in this work for 2 years, but 8 years volunteering at the center of children with disabilities. Our work is to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to those vulnerable children and their families with disabilities; we also connect them with doctors, and create all opportunities to have a dignity in the community against the stigma and discrimination they are facing in the community.

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I coach parents homeschooling children with disabilities, around the world.

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Area Director, Joni and Friends New England

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We are HANDICAP VAINQUEUR, an association that empowers and encourages disabled people by sharing messages of hope, which is rare in our country and we think giving disabled reason to believe will speed up their participation in the society and will them actors instead of being observers.

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Husband, father of 2 boys, Co-Founder of Hope Anew

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I am a Medical Rehabilitation Technician by profession and I have a very big passion about disability issues, Christianity, and people who are hurting.

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Joni and Friends liaison to Jordan

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I have 3 kids. The river museum deficiency. I run support groups for men with a family member with a disability for networking, friendship, accountability, and drawing closer to God.

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Founder and CEO, CEFED, PO Box 923, Bamenda Central, north west region Cameroon, tel 00(237)99 87 93 70, email cefedwom@yahoo.com

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My names are Japheth Obare and I started a peer to peer family support group with the aim of bettering life for poor people who are mentally disabled.

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I love my wife Ali Oliver, I love music, I love New Yorkers, I love Jesus and all that He has done for me

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I am the Director of Joni and Friends Southern Oregon, a Volunteer Area Ministry located in Phoenix, Oregon. I am married to Rachel and have three children. My oldest son was born with Spina Bifida.

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C6/7 SCI since 1999, wife is an occupational therapist

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Special needs mom; medical doctor

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Married with 3 grown children and 1 grandchild

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BYS Certified Leader by Joni and Friends

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I am a Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church pastor in Omaha, Nebraska. My husband and I have adopted 5 special needs children.

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Ministry Director

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I have worked previously as a missionary teacher and Bible study instructor. I am currently enrolled in courses to become a hospital chaplain.

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Physical Therapist

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Like to see people working in disability ministries or in Biblical based churches work together for more inclusion in Europe. Like them to be connected with each other and be present in Church denominations, Educations.

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It is registration on government legal ministry

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I am the founder member of the Association. I am disabled too. Neither can i move my self to another place nor change my self . My movement depends on support of two people because i am so fat and heavy, but despite that i am the deputy speaker of Entebbe Municipal Local Government Authority and i have represented persons with disabilities at the council for twenty years now.

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Sunridge Community Church

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I’m from Romania and a volunteer with Joni and Friends, country liaison to Romania

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Dr. Kevin Turner Professor of Youth Ministry and Theology

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I am the Executive Director of Treasures of JOY, a ministry offering Sunday church services at Church of Champions in Houston, TX. Additionally, we offer community/social events, Special Olympics participation, respite, and day habilitation services since 2011. I have a 33 year old son with intellectual and physical disabilities.

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Disability Ministry Pastor at First Christian Church, Canton, OH

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I am the Executive Director of this small non-profit. We are based in the US, but do all of our ministry in Lima, Peru. I have two sisters who have multiple disabilities and so I have been in this world all my life. Our desire is not only to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to people with disabilities and their families, but also to connect them with a church that will welcome them and include them as part of their church family.

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I am the Chairman/Co-Founder of an NGO [Training of Rural Women in Uganda]