Doctors in the Netherlands euthanized a severely disabled 1-year-old child, the first case reported by Dutch authorities under rules introduced in 2024 that allow ending the lives of seriously ill children between the ages of 1 and 12.
The Southern Baptist Convention is rolling out a new framework for disability ministry after messengers approved a slate of provisions that leaders hope will generate more resources and partnerships to help churches serve people and families affected by disabilities.
The Salvation Army is accused in a new lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of denying an employee with cancer at its Lynchburg, Virginia, headquarters a reasonable accommodation to seek treatment and causing her to resign.
Influencer couple Jesse and Ashley Ridgway doubled down on their decision to abort their baby after a Down syndrome diagnosis, with the latter claiming in a recent interview that she wants to be a “voice” for women in similar circumstances and show them that this is a “normal thing.”
California pastor Russ Ewell and his wife, Gail, know firsthand the struggles of finding churches that know how to care for and minister to their children with severe disabilities, a barrier within church and community settings they are now helping congregations break.
A woman who was 15 weeks pregnant when Poland’s top court ruled against abortion for fetal defects has won her case at the European Court of Human Rights, which found that she was denied her rights due to legal uncertainty that forced her to travel abroad for the procedure.
Cinthia Hieber, president and CEO of the Paraguayan Stuttering Association, delivered a deeply personal address at the WEA General Assembly, urging churches to embrace radical inclusion and become places of “intentional visibility” for people with disabilities and diverse needs.
A Ugandan child suffering from spasticity issues so severe that her mother had to carry her everywhere was among the first recipients of one of more than 200 specially designed wheelchairs that two Christian ministries are delivering to a children’s hospital in Uganda.
To accommodate families of children facing sensory challenges, including young people on the autism spectrum, some churches are opening spaces to better serve the needs of their members during worship.
A Texas woman pushed and carried her brother, a wheelchair user and survivor of childhood leukemia, through the annual CapTex Triathlon, an accomplishment that she described as the fulfillment of a “lifelong dream” of experiencing the race alongside her older sibling.
