News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 4 February 2022

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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• Memorial Service for Rev. Robert Walker
  

DHM/UMCD

• Meet in the Middle: Deaf Community and the Church podcast
• Meet in the Middle: Deaf Community and the Church transcript
• FCC: Captioning display rules
• BOIA: Podcast transcripts
• Living With Hearing Loss:  When will Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Embrace Disability?
• Deaf Link: celebration
• Adreanaline: ASL author and artist
  

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DMC

• Disability Awareness Sunday FAQ
• Journal of Religion and Health: Addressing Accessibility Within the Church: Perspectives of People with Disabilities
• NPR: Covid risk and disabilities
• SAWS Virginia: Newsletter
• Smithsonian: Myth and Misdiagnosis and Women
• Truthout: Pandemic Accommodations Proved We Can Vastly Expand Disability Access If We Try
• RNS: Quitting online church is abandoning the one for the 99
  

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Events

• February 1-26: ACDL African American Conference on Disabilities
• February 15: Great Lakes ADA Center, Intersection of Race and Disability
• February 18: AMD members checkin
  
• February 26: Deafinitely not different 5K and fun run
• Wespath: Mental Health First Aid
• March 12: Bob Walker Memorial Service
• through March 31, 2022: Disability Ministries grant cycle open
• June 6-9, 2022: Institute on Theology and Disability, MTSO and hybrid
• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources

DHM/UMCD events calendar

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

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