jim hukill was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy when he was only two. he has made it his life's mission to open more churches to the disabled. >> we are still very much in an infantile state with the faith and disability movement. i think that we have seen over the last decade a significant advancement, but we are nowhere near what has to happen. >> reporter: places of worship and the disabled is the subject of a new book called amazing gifts by author mark pinksy. he says one stumbling block for people, whatever their faith, is that at first they feel awkward around people with disabilities. >> they say, "i don't know what to say. i don't know what to do. should i tell my kids not to stare?" all these things are okay, and people in the disability community recognize that there's going to be some unease, some initial discomfort. that's okay. that shouldn't discourage you from plunging ahead. >> reporter: he says it's not that churches, synagogues, and mosques deliberately ignore people with disabilities. >> we have a sort of "zen of the normal" in most