News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 2 September 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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• "God made a way and so should we" -- Disability awareness sermon at Oak Chapel UMC, Leo Yates, ASL and voice
  

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DHM/UMCD

• HLAA: OTC hearing aids information
• Esther Choi: Bible devotional 33, The abundance of God's love
• Deaf Link: field visit, Ampara
• Deaf Link: CBID project
• Consumer Reports: Lost in transcription, auto captions often fall short
• Grace UMC: Deaf Bible study
  

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DMC

• Beckie Writes: Prayers for Disability Awareness Sunday
• Great Lakes ADA: communicate directly
• I Can Network: autism acceptance
• UM News: 'Mother of the disabled' provides safe place for kids
• Faith & Leadership: Helping people contemplating suicide
• Minnesota Conference: Training church members to help care for people with dementia
• Five Stages of changing attitudes toward belonging has been updated 
  
• Dakotas Conference: Neurodiversity and Faith
  

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Events

• September 9: BWC Disability Conversations, Suicide Prevention (change of date)
  
• September 13: The Arc, Disabled BIPOC: Disrupting Danger in Crisis Response
• September 15: Stone Belt ARC, Faith and Disability, Exclusion to Embrace
  
• September 16: RFP, The Role of religious communities in suicide prevention
  
• September 22: D&P Forum, Disability and Economic Justice
• September 22: CICOA, Health equity for individuals with disabilities and aging
• September 24: UMCD Deaf Worship
• September 24: Delaware Deaf Expo
• September 24: Due West UMC, Loving Through Dementia Family Conference
  
• September 26: Great Lakes ADA Center, What’s Race Got to Do with It?: An Intersectional Approach to Disability Rights
  
• to September 30, DMC grant applications open
• August 6-11, 2023: UMCD/ELM Red Bird Mission; reservations due October 1
• October 7: BWC Disability Conversations, Disability employment
• October 8: Sawitski Memorial Lecture, Mental Health Challenges and Our Journeys of Faith
  
• October 15: Wholly, Holey, Holy: Inclusive Church (UK) disability and church conference
  
• October 15: Deaf Ministries: An Overview to Get You Started
• October 15: Certified Deaf Lay Servant: Pastoral Care Best Practices
  
• November 4: BWC Disability Conversations, Best practices
  
• December 2: BWC Disability Conversations,
• January 6, 2023: BWC Disability Conversations,
• February 3, 2023: BWC Disability Conversations,
• March 3, 2023: BWC Disability Conversations,
• April 7, 2023: BWC Disability Conversations,
• May 5, 2023: BWC Disability Conversations,
• June 26-29, 2023: Institute on Theology & Disability, Waco TX
• August 6-11, 2023: UMCD/ELM Red Bird Mission
  
• Covid-19 list of inclusion resources

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