Serving Children with Disabilities

A Playground for Carly

After witnessing Chy Johnson, a student with special needs, be bullied day after day, Carson Jones got the entire Queen Creek High School football team to rally behind the girl.

Though Brynn from Connecticut has only one hand, her motto is to always “lend a helping hand” at home, at school, at church, and at play.

A Primary President works with her Bishopric to ensure that two special needs children have the best learning experience possible. Communicating with the parents helps her to understand the children's needs.

A 13-year-old boy in Arizona fulfilled his Duty to God by pushing himself to the limit so that his friend, who has cerebral palsy, could participate with him in a triathlon.

Allergic to many foods, Ellen Joy from North Carolina helps other children stay safefrom allergies and encourages them to stand up for their own health.

A group of young women showed their love by doing for a friend what she could not do for herself.

Being born with Down syndrome doesn’t stop Katie from Florida from singing, dancing, and sharing a special Primary experience.

Learn about Hannah's relationship with her brother Hyrum who has autism, and how she exemplifies Christlike love. Everyone deserves to be loved and valued, no matter how different they are from you.

Ministering to parents, caregivers and families of children with disabilities can have a positive impact on everyone involved.

Ministering to parents, caregivers and families of children with disabilities can have a positive impact on everyone involved.

For parents of children with disabilities, every day can be incredibly hard. Ward members, leaders and teachers can support these families in many different ways.

“The greatest support to children with disabilities and their families is happening one person, one conversation at a time in wards all over the world.” -- Christopher Phillips, Disability Services

Learn how a ward member heeds a prompting to call Cameron’s mother, becoming a direct answer to her fervent prayer. Ministering to others can be like a light at the end of a tunnel.

Mariah’s Sunbeam teacher wants to understand more about her condition which is so invisible, but is a real thing. She learns enough to take Mariah once a week -- offering a break and respite for her mother.

When you learn more about a child’s disability, their behavior is no longer a mystery—there’s an understanding of why they do what they do and compassion develops and you experience a change of heart.

A parent of a child with disabilities ponders that in the quiet heart of everyone there may be some sorrow that isn’t obvious to others. She takes comfort in knowing our Heavenly Father and our Savior knows each heart.

Two families share how they have seen the works of God made manifest in their lives as ward members reach out in love and understanding.