News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 10 December 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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Blog

• New Resource Available for Disability Awareness Sunday
  
• A friend of DMC and DHM has retired, and wishes to disperse a collection of books, vestments, etc. Go to theBOOKCellar for information.

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DHM/UMCD

• Deaf Link: self-employment workshop
• Eureka Alert: Service dogs improve the lives of those with hearing loss
• Deaf Link: Anuratharapura & Newraliya
• Smart Hearing: Has the pandemic affected your hearing?
  

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DMC

• Radical Wholeness: Fixing vs healing
• Vatican News: I am Church campaign (captioned video)
• Alfie the wheelchair-user elf
• Virginia Theological Seminary: Neurodiversity in the classroom
• Harvard Business Review: Four common ways companies [we add: and churches] alienate people with disabilities
• Walking Spirit: The international day of persons with disabilities
  

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Events

• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources
• December 13, ECD, Ministry with those with hearing loss
• December 13, NCAPPS, Build Back Better: Striving for a Post-Pandemic World that is Person-Centered and Inclusive for All
• December 13-15, University of Aberdeen, Autism Theology and the Church conference
• December 15, NFB, Guide to Accessible Devices
  
• December 16, Deaf Advent Bible Study
  
• June 6-9, 2022: Institute on Theology and Disability, MTSO and hybrid

DHM/UMCD events calendar
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