The sixth annual Inclusion Awards dinner. The winner of a drawing gets the lithograph. Tim Reilly, principal of St. Ignatius School on North Bend Road in Monfort Heights believes education is about celebrating diversity, not accepting it. While many private schools turn kids with disabilities away, this school has an unusually high number of kids with physical, speech and learning disabilities. In the four years since that single event, the church has become a model of inclusion.
Educational workshops teach members of the congregation about one another.
Transportation arrangements are made for members with disabilities to get to services. Large-print prayer books are available. The building is equipped with automatic doors. Monday's Inclusion Network annual awards are a model for public events of any kind. Accommodations at the Hyatt Regency downtown have expanded each of the event's six years.