News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC, MHM - 25 June 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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• Bishop's Blog: Celebrating a silver anniversary
  

AMD

• AMD Monthly Gathering, Jun 25, 2021 03:00 PM Eastern Time

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DHM/UMCD

• DHM grant cycle open in July
• ADN: Connections, Summer 2021: Hearing loss and Deafness
• Hearing Health: Research on noise and hearing loss
• WXXI: Rochester's Black Deaf community and barriers to health care
• Deaf Link: Video
  

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DMC

• Day in the life: Things aren't always what they seem
• Disability and Faith: Respecting Neurodiversity
• Dave Barnhart: Renouncing anti-sleep prejudice
• Andrew Pulrang for Forbes: Fighting ableism is about much more than attitudes and awareness
• USA Today: I am not ashamed
  

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MHM

• The Butterfly
  

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Events
Click here for a list of recurring events of interest to people in disability ministry.

• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources
• June 28: NIHCM, Achieving health equity for people with disabilities
• June 30: Intersectionality: beliefs and disability
  
• June 30 (registration closes): Hands Up! ASL class, Kona UMC
  
• July 6: The ADA and effective communication
• July 10: Disability and Youth
• July 17: Emmanuel UMC - Bethel AME Sign Language Academy
• August 31 (closing date): Baltimore Washington Conference, Coordinator of Accessibility and Inclusivity Program
• November 5-7, Deaf Lay Servant training, Lovers Lane UMC

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News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC, MHM - 18 June 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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• Bishop's Blog: Lessons we can learn
• Baltimore Washington Conference: Job announcement, Coordinator of Accessibility and Inclusivity Program
• NEJNAMC: statement of solidarity
  

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AMD

• AMD Monthly Gathering, Jun 25, 2021 03:00 PM Eastern Time
  

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DHM/UMCD

• Smart Hearing: Best hearing aids of 2021
• Living With Hearing Loss: New study, why hearing loss is so exhausting
• Deaf Link: promotion video
• Hearing Health Matters: How should hearing aids look?
  

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DMC

• Planet of the Blind: A grass roots question
• Wesley Bros: I can't put my finger on it
• Smithsonian: Ableism and racism, the Repository for Germinal Choice
• Lebanon (IN) Reporter: Nonprofit builds 3000 ramps
• The Conversation: Naomi Osaka and mental health priorities
• Dave Barnhart: The importance of sleep
• Flying Kitty Monster: What does it mean to be normal?
• Christian Citizen: Children, the silent victims of the pandemic
  

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MHM
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Events
Click here for a list of recurring events of interest to people in disability ministry.

• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources
• June 24: Building Relationships Through Mutual Connection with Non-Speaking Individuals
• June 24: AAIDD Religion and Spirituality, Including people with IDD in Faith Communities
• June 28: NIHCM, Achieving health equity for people with disabilities
  
• June 30 (registration closes): Hands Up! ASL class, Kona UMC
  
• July 10: Disability and Youth
• July 17: Emmanuel UMC - Bethel AME Sign Language Academy
• November 5-7, Deaf Lay Servant training, Lovers Lane UMC

This newsletter is generally issued weekly by the United Methodist Church's disability organizations.
This newsletter is published on the UM Disability Blog.
Visit a directory of our members.

News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC, MHM - 11 June 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.-

• ADN Disability Language Guide
• World Institute on Disability YouTube channel

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DHM/UMCD

• GBGM: The mission opportunity of vaccines
• DOOR: A culture of stories
• National Center on Deaf-Blindness: Support services
• Deaf Link: Doing homework
• Provincetown Independent: Cultural memory of Deaf spaces
• Great Lakes ADA Center: Movie theatres
  

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DMC

• University UMC, Irvine: "Tending your whole being," a mental health series: DMC post, web site post
  
• Kindness, Justice, Humbleness: Prayer for time of transition
• PBS: Pandemic reopening, trauma, suicide
• Inclusive City: Disabled people in the world, 2021
• Good Men Project: What is the difference between compassion and ableism?
• Rooted in Rights: Stop blaming autism
  

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MHM

• It's ok
• Spotlight Summer 2021
  

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• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources
• June 10-12: MHA Annual Conference
• June 17: Providing mutual support when people experience mental illness
• June 24: Building Relationships Through Mutual Connection with Non-Speaking Individuals
• June 30 (registration closes): Hands Up! ASL class, Kona UMC
  
• July 10: Disability and Youth
• July 17: Emmanuel UMC - Bethel AME Sign Language Academy
• November 5-7, Deaf Lay Servant training, Lovers Lane UMC

Click here for a list of recurring events of interest to people in disability ministry.

This newsletter is generally issued weekly by the United Methodist Church's disability organizations.
This newsletter is published on the UM Disability Blog.
Visit a directory of our members.