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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