Creation and The Bare Necessities
I used to know all the words to 'The Bare Necessities' because I sang it over and over everyday to a boy that I taught. I don't have an amazing singing voice but you wouldn't know that from his reaction. His delight in my efforts motivated me to sing the song again and again and imprinted the lyrics on my mind. There's an idea out there that children and young people with additional needs need very specific, specialized and often expensive resources to be able to access anything including church. Generally, I think that this idea is well-intentioned and comes from a place of wanting to serve these children and young people in the best way possible. Unfortunately though I think that it can be easy for companies to take advantage of those supporting individuals with additional needs by marketing resources as specialized or essential when these may not be the case. While there may be times when children and young people do need specific resources to access church I be...