Hey, y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast.

I'm your host, Heather McFaddean, and this is the place where I get to walk alongside you

and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone.

And in this episode number 548, I'm welcoming to the show,

my friend Sandra Peoples. I really like to say that like disability families, special needs

families are an unchurched people group that exist in every community. And so if you're not seeing them in your churches, then you can

get on mission and go and bring them in and introduce them to the gospel so they can be part of your

church family and all the good things that come as a part of loving Jesus and being part of

his family through the church.

When life doesn't go as planned, it can be hard to see where God is working.

But in this powerful conversation, Sandra and I talk about her journey from growing up

with a sister with Down syndrome to parenting a son with autism.

Sandra is an author.

She's a mom.

She's a ministry leader.

She's a consultant.

She's getting her PhD, which I learn in this episode.

But she is here to talk about her book, Accessible Church, a gospel-centered vision

for including people with disabilities and their families.

She's going to share how her family's story revealed a gap in church for families impacted by

disability and how God called her to fill it. I know that this conversation will be helpful

to those who have children with disabilities or impacted

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