Book Recommendations
Disability and the Gospel: How God Uses Our Brokenness to Display His Grace
A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named Penny
The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed
Just the Way I Am: God’s Good Design in Disability by Krista Horning
Same Lake, Different Boat: Coming Alongside People Touched by Disability
Wrestling with an Angel: A Story of Love, Disability and the Lessons of Grace
A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God’s Sovereignty
Your Special Needs Child: Help for Weary Parents
The Life We Never Expected: Hopeful Reflections on the Challenges of Parenting Children with Special Needs by Andrew and Rachel Wilson
Disability and the Sovereign Goodness of God (Free eBook) – Desiring God
Article Links
You will find articles organized under the general outline of Love, Know, Speak, Do (See Paul Tripp’s Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands). You can find more resources on other subjects here.
Love
The Disabilities Dilemma | Challies Dot Com
Why it matters when we rub our bellies and say “so long as it’s healthy”. | Life Rearranged
Who is this God who creates some to live with disabilities (Exodus 4:11)? « The Works of God
What John Piper Has to Say About Disability – Desiring God
Invisible Needs | Leadership Journal
To my friends who face Christmas with an acute mingling of joy and sorrow « The Works of God
Let’s talk like this 8-year-old boy! « The Works of God
Is God Sovereign Over Human Disability? :: Desiring God
The Greatest Need in Special Needs | Desiring God
Who Will Love My Child When I Am Gone? | CT Women | ChristianityToday.com
The gospel and autism | The Briefing
Let No Special Need Hinder the Spread of the Gospel | TGC | The Gospel Coalition
Pushing Back the Darkness | En Route
Little Sticks and Glory | En Route
Amy Julia Becker: Missing Out on Beautiful
Finding Hope for an Often-Fatal Genetic Disorder | Her.meneutics | Christianitytoday.com
Some Lessons From the Life of Johnny Farese by Jeffery Smith « Burning and Shining Light
The Struggles and Hopes of a Disabled Dad – Desiring God
Battling the Bitterness of Parenting a Disabled Child – Desiring God
To Cade and the Eight Percent by Gabe Lyons
“That happens to be my place of healing.” « The Works of God
Rage Against the Minivan: what I want you to know: having a sibling with a disability
Rage Against the Minivan: What I Want You to Know about Having a Special Needs Child
Wrestling with an Angel: Great Grace In The Small Things of Life
How a child with Down’s syndrome can teach you about life
The Life They Never Expected: Andrew and Rachel Wilson on Raising Special-Needs Kids
How My Special-Needs Sister Teaches Me to Trust God’s Heart | For The Church
A Fragile Life Worth All Our Love | Desiring God
How I Leverage My Autism for Pastoral Ministry | CT Pastors
What It’s Like to Live With ‘High-Functioning’ Autism | The Mighty
My Son’s Autism Changed Everything—Even Our Church | Her.meneutics | ChristianityToday.com
Dear ‘Daddy’ in Seat 16C | Shanell Mouland
Growing Up With an Autistic Brother in the 1990s – Matthew Moore – The Atlantic
Down’s Syndrome people risk ‘extinction’ at the hands of science, fear and ignorance – Telegraph
Brain Scans Could Detect Autism In Infants As Young As Six Months – Vocativ
BBC News – SAP in autism recruitment drive
Know
True Woman | “God Only Gives Special Needs Children to Special People” (Or Does He?)
God Is Up to Something – Desiring God
Disability and the Gospel | En Route (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
Disability and the Gospel: How God Uses Our Brokenness to Display His Grace – Justin Taylor
Disability, Suffering, and the Church: A Few Resources | TGC
20 Years of Faithful Witness to the Goodness and Glory of God! | The Works of God
Will Phoebe have Down’s Syndrome in heaven? – Reformation21 Blog
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Five Things I’ve Learned from Kids with Autism | Desiring God
The Autistic Brain – Temple Grandin | Alex Chediak
Nothing Is Impossible: Miss Montana Alexis Wineman Redefines Autism – Special Needs Parenting
My Son Has the Kind of Autism No One Talks About- Term life – Medicine Times
Beautiful minds, wasted | The Economist
9 Things You Should Know About Autism
Down Syndrome
BBC News – The parish councillor with Down’s syndrome
A Real Happily-Ever-After for Babies With Down Syndrome | Her.meneutics | Christianitytoday.com
News Flash: Not Everyone With Down Syndrome Is Suffering | Her.meneutics | Christianitytoday.com
A Generational Shift in Understanding Life With Down Syndrome – Theo Malekin – The Atlantic
The Happiest People in the World | Desiring God
Cathy McMorris Rodgers and the Politics of Down Syndrome | Her.meneutics | Christianitytoday.com
Deafness
Helping Deaf Students to Flourish | TGC | The Gospel Coalition
Speak
12 Pillars of Faith for Parents of Special Needs’ Kids | Counseling One Another
Wrestling with an Angel: Indispensable
Real Talk with Kids | En Route
A Church without the Disabled Is a Disabled Church | Counseling One Another
Disability and Dads — Where Desperation Meets Delight – Desiring God
The unfortunate things people say (repeat) « The Works of God
Wrestling with an Angel: There is Hope!
The Most Marginalized Minority | Desiring God
Disability Makes a Church Strong | Desiring God
Befriend Those with Disabilities and Special Needs
Why Won’t God End My Suffering? | Desiring God
Grieve and Receive the Gift of Special Needs | Desiring God
12 Pillars of Faith for Parents of Children with Disabilities | Biblical Counseling Coalition Blogs
Dear mom with a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis
Do
I’m trying out something new. What do you think? « The Works of God
8 Ways to Help the Children Love Different People – Justin Taylor
Please stop telling me to take care of myself (+10 Ways to Help a SN Parent). | En Route
Three Ways The Church Can Better Serve Special Needs Families | The Exchange | A Blog by Ed Stetzer
5 Steps to Serving Children with Autism, ADHD, and Attachment Disorders : 9Marks
Six Ways You Can Help Families Facing Autism | True Woman
Videos
“I made them.” Some thoughts on God’s word and children with disabilities | The Works of God
When Disability Hits Home by Nathan W. Bingham | Ligonier Ministries Blog
The Glory of God in the Valley of Disability – YouTube
John Piper Interviews John Knight on Disability – Desiring God
DEAR FUTURE MOM | March 21 – World Down Syndrome Day | #DearFutureMom – YouTube
What Asperger’s Is Like | The American Conservative
Woodstock Chimes Presents – Chimes for Autism: Tyler’s Story – YouTube