News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC, MHM - 16 April 2021

Here are the highlights of postings 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.
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DHM/UMCD

• Deaf Link: Ampara
• DOOR: Want to learn?
• TikTok: Introducing auto captions
• Deaf Link: products
• Salon: Why your brain loves closed captioning
• K. Bouton: Back to basics
• Hearing Like Me: History of hearing aids
• Inside Higher Ed: Advances in Deaf education
  

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DMC

• Montgomery Courier: Geezers get it done (including ramps)
• SAWS Virginia: newsletter
• KBOI: We need acceptance, not just awareness
• Flying Kitty Monster: Gospel Empowerment
• Spina Bifida Assn: If you can see it, you can be it
• BBC: The harmful ableist language you unknowingly use
• Time: Georgia law makes disabled voting harder
• AAPD webinar: Protecting the right to vote
  

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MHM

• Faith is...
• Be a rainbow
• Gardening
  

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Events

• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources
• April 17: AMD+MFSA, conversation with Kathy Black 
  
• April 18: Autism Faith Network, Disability and the Church with Lamar Hardwick
  
• April 20: NCPD, Thomas Aquinas and the Question of Disability
• April 22: Stone Belt Arc: Creative strategies for inclusive digital worship
• April 27: Georgetown Disability Alliance: Racism and Ableism, Exposing the Injustices of our healthcare systems
  
• May 17-20: Centre for Public Justice (Canada): Seeking Justice Together
  
• DMC Grants, applications open until May 31
• Wesley Seminary is offering the summer course, "Introduction to Disability Ministries and Deaf Ministries" (CM-629-VT). This 2-week virtual course is 5/24-6/4/21. While exploring these justice-related ministries to consider for your ministry setting, graduate credits or CEUs may be earned. The course can be audited as well. Contact Rev. Leo Yates at leoyjr@gmail.com for more information.

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