Friday, July 1, 2016

AMD News, 7/1/16

     Prevalence and Future Cost of Hearing Loss
http://hearinghealthmatters.org/theaudiologycondition/2016/prevalencefuturecosthearingloss/

When a pedi goes wrong: everyday life and working for good
https://specialneedsparenting.me/2016/06/29/when-a-pedi-goes-wrong-or-does-it/

Culture change and disability
http://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2016/06/cultural-change-based-on-disability.html

Why language matters
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/brianmclaren/2016/06/in-praise-of-political-correctness-a-poem

HLAA report
https://livingwithhearingloss.com/2016/06/28/hlaas-2016-convention-a-time-for-friendship-focus/

Advocacy report: efforts to remove private schools from ADA requirements
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/06/28/senator-seeks-to-stop-doj-from-investigating-private-schools-for-violations-of-americans-with-disabilities-act/?postshare=8811467157059766&tid=ss_fb

EDAN reports that a WCC‬ Central Committee sitting in Trondheim, Norway on 28 June 2016 has adopted a new statement on persons with disabilities entitled Gift of Being: Becoming a Church of All and for All. The committee has commended the statement to WCC Member churches for further study. See http://www.edan-wcc.org/index.php/the-news/item/163-the-gift-of-being-called-to-be-a-church-of-all-and-for-all
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