{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Kids Ministry Answers","title":"025: More Inclusive Spaces for Kids with Disabilities (Part 1)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2448,"description":"Creating an inclusive space requires us to think intentionally about our environments, language, resources, leadership, and the culture we're creating for every kid and family. In this two-part episode of Kids Ministry Answers, we’re tackling a question about how to create more inclusive ministry environments for kids with disabilities and their families. So we asked Nicole Woods and Jena Kitchen to join us to share strategies, tools, and perspective shifts that can help ministries create cultures where every kid and family can truly belong.\n\nQUESTION:\n“How can we create a more inclusive ministry for kids with disabilities and their families?”\n\nANSWER: \nIn this episode, we’ll talk about how to...\nEvaluate your ministry’s current culture and identify barriers that may keep kids with disabilities and their families from fully belonging\nCreate more accessible environments using practical tools, visuals, sensory supports, and adapted resources\nListen to and learn from people with disabilities and their families instead of making assumptions about what inclusion should look like\nMove beyond individual accommodations toward a ministry culture where disability inclusion shapes your environments, practices, and leadership\nAsk a Question: Got a question you want answered? Send it in at kma.show — your question might be featured in a future episode!\n\nSubscribe & Review: Subscribe to Kids Ministry Answers on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you look for kids ministry ideas, volunteer strategies, and ministry tools you can use right away.\nIf this episode was helpful, leave a quick review to help other leaders find the show.\n\nResources Mentioned:\nTalk Tiles\nSensory bottles\nJoni and Friends — 5 Stages of Culture Change\nBoardmaker\nFree adapted memory verses, books, and visuals\nAmy Julia Becker — How Disability Changed What Easter Means to My Family\nRadiate Social Impact Consulting Resources - use the code \"KMA-includes\" for 20% off  Personal Reflection Prompts...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/XHt4HT8XBRO1p9f-rBWtzbKoP7sSqoPnaKibpBcyd7A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZTVk/NjE1ZGIxNjIzY2E3/OTI1OTcwYmM1M2Nl/ODhmYS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}