When Joni accepted a presidential appointment to the National Council on Disability, she helped draft the Americans with Disabilities Act, which was signed into law in In , she was appointed to advise Condoleezza Rice on policy and programs that affect the disabled in the State Department and around the world. While recovering from her accident, Joni learned to paint and draw. Today her high-detail fine art paintings and prints are sought after by collectors.
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The norms of working across the aisle are changing. So is the church's attitude about it. Joni and Friends hosts more than disability ministry leaders from 44 countries at Joni and Friends' International congress of the Church and Disability held on the campus of Calvin College. After attending a "Family Conference" sponsored by the federal government and National Council on Disability, Joni challenge s t he ministry t o provide a retreat for families affected by disability.
Wheels for the World is founded to share the Gospel and provide mobility to people affected by disability in developing countries.
The first wheelchair is provided in Ghana , West Africa. Joni and Ken travel to china to begin opening doors for Wheels for the World.
She then travels to Australia to serve as chaplain for the Paralympic Games. As Joni campaigns against euthanasia and embryonic stem cell research, groundwork is laid for the Christian Institute on Disability. Joni is appointed to the Disability Advisory Committee at the U.
State Department.
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