News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 1 October 2021

Here are the highlights of postings this week from the Association of Ministers with Disabilities, Disability Ministries Committee, 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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UM Disability Blog

• Seeing our blind United Methodists in October--and beyond
  

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AMD

• The Accessible God: 8, Autism Pastor
  

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DHM/UMCD

• Ceylon Bible Society: International Day of Sign Languages
• Christ Deaf UMC: Fall Flea Market
• ELDA Newsletter
• NIH: October is National Protect Your Hearing Month
  

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DMC

• A day in the life: being invisible
• Yale Divinity School Reflections, Fall 2021: Divine Access
• The Atlantic: You have to scream out
• Forbes: Let's stop fixing disabilities
• Andrew Pulrang: Stuff you shouldn't say to disabled people
• The Voice, Mental Health edition
  

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Events

• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources
• October 2, Marriage & Mental Health Conference
• October 2, Theologies of Disability and Aging: Becoming a Vulnerable Communion
• October 5 (first meeting): Magothy UMC ASL class email magothydeaf@gmail.com
• October 6, BWC, Orientation to the Accessibility Audit
  
• October 7: ADN, Mental Health Churchwide Change
  
• October 8: Eden Theological Seminary, We can do all things: practicing anti-ableism in worship
  
• October 15, Eastern PA Conference, Domestic Violence for Deaf people workshop
  
• October 16, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, (Still) calling from the edge
• October 18, Syracuse University: Aktion T4 and Contesting the Erasure of Disability History
  
• October 19, Stone Belt ARC: People with I/DD in congregational leadership
  
• October 30, St. John's School of Theology, Theologies of Disability and Aging
  
• November 6, Accessible to All? A Faithful Response to Disabilities
  
• November 5-7, Deaf Lay Servant training, Lovers Lane UMC
• November 17, Grace UMC DE Deaf Ministry lunch
• December 1, Grace UMC DE Deaf Ministry lunch
• June 6-9, 2022: Institute on Theology and Disability, MTSO and hybrid

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