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DISABILITY CONCERNS COMMITTEE (DCC)

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Mission Statement:
The Disabilities Concern Committee will serve as an advocate to create an environment at St. Thomas a’ Becket Parish which fully recognizes the dignity, rights and potential of our parishioners with disabilities. We will strive for full inclusion of persons with disabilities in the life of the parish.

Frequently Asked Questions:
The Disability Concerns Committee prepared a series of Frequently Asked Questions. Read the Frequently Asked Questions.

You can also download information on Disability Etiquette prepared by our Committee.

Scope or Function:
The Committee will assist the pastor, staff and parish leadership in their ministries with persons with disabilities. We will develop actions steps flowing from the mission statement of the parish through its goals and objectives as we welcome and include persons with disabilities and their families into the parish worship and activities of St. Thomas a’ Becket.

Resources:

• Read the Disability Concerns Committee Frequently Asked Questions
• Pastoral Letter from Cardinal Maida on Living and Ministering with Persons with Disabilities
• Archdiocese of Detroit's Ministry to the Deaf Community
• Disability Awareness Resources
• Disability Concerns and the Parish Community
• Special Needs and Children
• Relating to People with Disabilities
• Mental Illness Resources
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

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