One of the goals of The Banquet Network is to inspire people and churches to consider people with disabilities as a people group. We are urged to this by the example of Jesus who refers to the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind as identifiable categories of people (see Luke 14:13). We want to notice people and social dynamics like Jesus did. We want others to see the distinct characteristics of people with disabilities, how they relate to the world, and how they relate to others.