Amazing Gifts Stories of Faith Disability and Inclusion is a new publication by noted religion writer Mark I. Pinsky. Pinsky has gathered stories from churches synagogues mosques and temples across the country stories of people with disabilities and the congregations where they have found welcome. He has taken special care to include the widest range of disabilities including nonapparent disabilities like lupus chronic pain traumatic brain injury depression and mental illness. There were 54 million American with disabilities as of 2000 and that number is now being swelled by wounded warriors from the Afghan and Iraq wars and an aging population. he author emphasizes that his purpose is to not to write a resource manual on accessibility and inclusion. Rather Pinsky seeks to share stories of how people with disabilities have experienced their faith in the context of their disability and how congregations have gained when they value the gifts that people with disabilities bring along. This book notes the author is for congregational leaders and others who may have no expertise or personal experience with disability but who make the congregational decisions about accessibility and inclusion.