News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 22 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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DHM/UMCD

• Blog: Quick Starting Church Accessibility for Late-Deafened Persons
• ECD: Tanzania Deaf Students Gospel Choir
• Lovers Lane/Walnut Hill: Deaf Signing Choir
  
• Hearing Health: FDA Proposes Rule to Create New OTC Hearing Aid Category
• HLAA: Call for papers
• Deaf News Today: Movie chain expanding captions
  

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DMC

• BWC: Accessibility Audit video
• A day in the life: Presume competence
• It's still ableism if ...
• Walking Spirt: Venue accessibility
• Planet of the Blind: Five types of ableists
• DMC: Mental health reading lists
• ADN: Responsiveness and relationship
• Ability Ministry: What if a UFO landed in your church parking lot?
• ADN: Church for kids with ADHD, too
  

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Events

• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources
• October 23, Donna Fado Ivery Presents Sleep, Pray, Heal
  
• October 30, St. John's School of Theology, Theologies of Disability and Aging
• November 3, Research & Knowledge Exchange, Deafness Cures in History
• November 4, US Access Board, Designing for Inclusion: Architectural Trends and Social Justice
  
• November 6, Accessible to All? A Faithful Response to Disabilities
  
• November 17, Grace UMC DE Deaf Ministry lunch
• November 17, Research & Knowledge Exchange, Disability in Ancient Rome
• November 24, Research & Knowledge Exchange, Intellectual Disability in England, 1750-1900
  
• December 1, Grace UMC DE Deaf Ministry lunch
• December 2, Deaf Advent Bible Study
• December 4, Signing for the Holidays
  
• December 9, Deaf Advent Bible Study
• December 16, Deaf Advent Bible Study
  
• June 6-9, 2022: Institute on Theology and Disability, MTSO and hybrid

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