News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 25 March 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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• US Department of Justice: Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA
  

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DHM/UMCD

• Deaf Link: children learning and playing together -- Kilinotchchi, Kalmunai & Pottuvil
• CBC: Language deprivation
• Twitter: "Tone Deaf"
• Grace UMC: Carol Stevens retirement
• UMNS: Church in Nigeria welcomes first Deaf congregation
• APH: We should not forget
  

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DMC

• World Down Syndrome Day
• Studies in Social Justice: Autism
• Presbyterians for Disability Concerns inclusion toolkit
• News&Observer: Accessibility denied, disabled students stuck in dorms
• DMC revised survey of congregational needs
  
• UMNS: Zimbabweans with albinism ‘feel remembered, loved’
  

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Events

• March 30: Black, Disabled, Deaf & Proud
• March 31: Creative Adventures through the Bible
  
• through March 31, 2022: Disability Ministries grant cycle open
• April 7: L'Arche NC: Disability justice
  
• April 8-9: Fordham University Spirituality & Disability Symposium
• April 12: Ableism and philanthropy
  
• June 6-9, 2022: Institute on Theology and Disability, MTSO and hybrid
• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources

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News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 18 March 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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DHM/UMCD

• Deaf Link: working with you
• Deaf History: RIP, Jack Gannon
• Magothy UMC: Lenten Bible study
• Living with Hearing Loss: Zoom continues to miss the boat
• DOOR: Jesus and the Deaf man
• Deaf History: Ingenuity
  

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DMC

• Sojourners: My disabled body proclaims the gospel
• The Voice: Mental  Health edition
• SAWS: Newsletter
• Radical Wholeness: What is wrong with you?
• UMNS: Mental health and the Black church
• Luther Seminary: Stewardship, gifts, and disabilities
• The Atlantic: The pandemic isn't over for immunocompromised people
  

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Events

• March 19: Pastoring families with Deaf Children
• March 24: From Demon Possessed to Being Blessed: A Brief History of Mental Illness and the Church
• March 30: Black, Disabled, Deaf & Proud
• March 31: Creative Adventures through the Bible
  
• through March 31, 2022: Disability Ministries grant cycle open
• April 12: Ableism and philanthropy
  
• June 6-9, 2022: Institute on Theology and Disability, MTSO and hybrid
• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources

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.