The Kairos Forum for Cognitively and Intellectually Disabled People: Crafting communities of belonging through attention to the spiritual.
The Kairos Forum, is an independent consultancy which serves to enable the lives of people who have disabilities and who have been Intellectually Disabled (KFCID). The consultancy is born out of a research project with the University of Aberdeen. The forum acts as advisors to organisations, such as the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales, providers of education, health and care. Kairos has also provided training in SEN and legislation to over two thousand teachers in the United Kingdom. We also work with families and individuals in many areas of the life and hopes of people with disabilities. We have recently provided consultancy to the Pontifical Council for Culture concerning Disability, Culture Sport and Theology, who were co-patrons of our internationally acclaimed conference which was both developed and delivered by Kairos: LivingFully2016
What The Kairos Forum seek to do
Highlight and respond to the human, educational, spiritual and well-being needs of People who have been disabled as well as provide awareness to people who have not been disabled. Our aim is to facilitate the crafting and empowerment of ‘communities of belonging’ within social, educational, religious and secular settings. We have expertise in the provision and development of specialist services and resources which focus on the creation of empathic communities, where disabled people can participate in harmony with ‘who they are; mind, body and spirit’. This approach is aimed at affirming their innate dignity and enabling their lives and is named ‘The Whole Person Approach; Watch Me as I Grow’ (WPA)©Gangemi 2014
SPACE for Prayer & Reflection will provide online resources for and with individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families. This will encourage prayer, sharing stories and accompaniment across the world. This will include bible stories, small films with music, small prayer films, singing prayers, shared worship. We will use Makaton, Widgit and Multimodal communication sharing collaborative films, discussions and activities to take part in.
