News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC, MHM - 30 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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AMD

• Celebrating A Healing Homiletic
• Undark: For disabled parents, Covid's trials are amplified
  

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DHM/UMCD

• Uniting World: about Deaf Link
• Day in the life: Captioning
• Deaf Link: teacher's seminar
• Grace UMC: Farewell service for Rev. Estevez
• Smart Hearing: Zoom fatigue
• Daily Moth: Deaf Indianapolis FedEx employees describe shooting
• DOOR: The Bible in Ghanaian Sign Language
• Psyche: Let's use bold, beautiful hearing aids to celebrate Deafness
  

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DMC

• University of Aberdeen: Pastoral care of autistic adults
• CRCNA Network: Breaking Barriers, Spring 2021
• Kathie comments: I don't think of you as blind
• Forward: Jewish filmmaker with autism
• CRCNA Network: Becoming a trauma-informed church
• Today: Why I will no longer use the term "special needs"
• Psychology Today: The Psychology of Ableism and Communication
  

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MHM

• Stressed and blessed
• May is Mental Health Month
• Simply be there
  

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Events

• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources
• May 1: Making your theology accessible
  
• May 3: Grace UMC Deaf speaker Martise Colston
  
• May 4, 11, 18, 25: NAMI, It Starts With Us: Building Dynamic Congregational Mental Health Teams
  
• May 5: NCDJ: Book reading with K. Schneider
• May 6: NAMI/Harvard: Adolescent Mental Health in the time of Covid-19
  
• 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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