DISC (Disability Concerns)
DISC (Disability Concerns) is a resource for persons with disabilities, their families, friends, caretakers, congregations and clergy. This page offers information related to disability concerns with a focus on spiritual care. Here, you will find material on developmental disabilities, mental illness, appropriate language, social and environmental accessibility and resources on disability for individuals and faith communities.
DISC List Serve
This public discussion and information email group is open to all people with interest in disability concerns. Read the Latest Posts
You can join by visiting http://list.gbgm-umc.org/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=disc
or by sending a blank message to: join-disc@list.gbgm-umc.org.
Disability Task Force
The mission of the United Methodist National Task Force on Developmental Disabilities is to identify, develop and communicate about programs and resources for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities within the faith community of each Annual Conference, and to mobilize disability champions to represent each Annual Conference and promote our vision. Please visit the task force web page for more information.
General Resources
- Who are People with Disabilities?
- Making Your Church Accessible
- Creating Accessible Web Pages
- Worship Resources for Disability Awareness Sunday
Specific Disability Resources
All Specific Disability Resources are in PDF format. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, the free program needed to view and print these pages, you can download it here. 
- Appropriate Language in Discussing Mental Illness
- Autism Resources for Children and Teachers
- Autism and Spirituality: Information for Religious Education Teachers
- Autism and Spirituality Resources for Congregations
- Developmental Disabilities Resources for Congregations
- Ministries with Deaf, Late-Deafened, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf Blind People
