News and notes from AMD, 18 September 2020

Here are the highlights of posts this week from the Association of Ministers with Disabilities, Disability Ministries Committee, Mental Health Ministries, Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Ministries Committee, and UM Congress of the Deaf. Please note that many posts have additional comments and discussion which will not be reflected in these links.

• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources

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AMD

• Random Acts of Expression: September 13
• Pitts Chapel UMC: A Higher Purpose
• Flying Kitty Monster: Teaching about justice
• Happy birthday to Atlas, our Professor of Practical Dogmatics
• Lawrence Carter-Long: Inspired--to do what?
  

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DHM/UMCD

• UM Disability blog: Deaf Awareness Week
• NAD: Judge orders White House to provide ASL
• Deaf Link: New facility in Ugana, Anuratharapura activities
  
• Esther Choi: Joyful Acceptance
• Bishop's Blog: The four w's
• MNN: Civil rights and Deaf history
• Living With Hearing Loss: Social isolation
• Edutopia: Sign language in online classes
• Orange County Register: Loud in the silence
  

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DMC

• Baptist News: So you think you want to start...?
• Inclusive Voices: Welcoming people with disabilities (online conversation)
• Catapult: What if accessibility was also inclusive?
• A Day in the Life: Wheelchair, liberation not confinement
• The Conversation: Autistic people can hear more than most-strength and challenge
  

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MHM

• This world needs you
  

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