News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 22 July 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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• 988 Lifeline
  

AMD

• Blog: Say The Word

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DHM/UMCD

• E. Choi: ASL 32 Bible devotional
• NBDA: In memory of Thomas Samuels
• Deaf Link: reaching the most vulnerable in Sri Lanka
• DOOR: Summer 2022 newsletter
• Equal Entry: Captions, human vs. AI
• Hearing Health Matters: Books for hard-of-hearing kids
  

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DMC

• CBS: Disabled and immunocompromised feel forgotten
• No such thing as neurotypical
• Disability at home
• Disability Horizons: Social media and disabled people
• RespectAbility: People with disabilities still are left behind in faith institutions
• D. Staver: A lifetime with dyslexia
• Perkins School for the Blind: Google Docs
• Flying Kitty Monster: More Usual Suspects
  

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Events

• July 28, 3 Play Media, How to be an accessibility advocate (Deaf focus)
• August 1-September 30, DMC grant applications open
• August 10: Pathways to Promise, Creating a Culture of Well-being Through Collective Care, Self-care and Companionship
• September 13: The Arc, Disabled BIPOC: Disrupting Danger in Crisis Response
  
• September 16: RFP, The Role of religious communities in suicide prevention
  
• September 22: D&P Forum, Disability and Economic Justice
• June 26-29, 2023: Institute on Theology & Disability, Waco TX
  
• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources

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