Who do you say I am?

Understanding Disabilities
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Scripture
“Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes
him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?” (Exodus 4:11).

What I love:

God reveals a theologiccal mystery here, taking credit for

disability (i.e. H e doesn’t just allow it, H e authors it, even if we
don’t understand the purposes.
 OBJECTIVES DISCUSSION
● What are some disabilities?
h ● What are the specific conditions of some
disabilities?
vely ● What are appropriate ways to communicate
sensitively with people with disabilities?
● What are some ways to support and
encourage others to sensitively
communicate?
Vocabulary
● Disability: a condition of having a physical or mental
impairment
● Sensitivity: an understanding of others’ feelings and
emotions
● Hidden Disability: disabilities that are not immediately
apparent
● Visible Disability: disabilities that are immediately
apparent
Vocabulary
● Stereotype: is an exaggerated belief, image or distorted
truth about a person or group
● Prejudice: is an opinion, prejudgment or attitude about
a group or its individual members.
● Discrimination: is behavior that treats people unequally
because of their group memberships.
TEST YOURSELF FOR HIDDEN BIAS
● Psychologists at Harvard, the University of Virginia and the University of
Washington created "Project Implicit" to develop Hidden Bias Tests—called
Implicit Association Tests, or IATs, in the academic world—to measure
unconscious bias.

● https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
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