News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 10 March 2023

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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• Deaf Link, Methodist Church of Sri Lanka: A prayer for people with disabilities
• New Mobility: Passing of Judith Heumann
  

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DHM/UMCD

• Tonderayi Makaya: scholarship report and research paper
• HEARD: John Wilson Jr
• Tanzania Conference: Yatosha Deaf Ministry TSL class
• Tanzania Conference: Worship with Deaf
• Hearing Health Matters: Paying it forward
  

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DMC

• Baltimore-Washington Conference: Disability Awareness Month, week 1
• Christian Citizen: How churches can respond pastorally to persons with dementia
• Poplarville First UMC: Mission group Braille Bibles
• CRCNA: Secure dwellings and stumbling blocks: accessible housing
• South Carolina Conference: Aldersgate homes
• Jewish Family & Children's Service: What's in a name?
  

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Events

• March 15: AAIDD,  Supporting Individual Preferences to Find Their Faith Community
• March 16: Great Lakes ADA, Inclusive Imagery, writing alt-text
• March 21: Great Lakes ADA, Women and Disability
  
• March 23: Stone Belt Arc, Disability Culture
• March 23: Disabilities & Conditions of Aging Network
• through March 31: DMC grant applications open
• April 19: AAIDD, Building Relationships and Collaborating with Faith Communities
  
• May 17: AAIDD,  Community Connectedness and Technology
  
• June 16: Arizona Center for Disability Law, African American Conference on Disabilities
  
• June 26-29: Institute on Theology & Disability, Waco TX
• September 23: Delaware Deaf Fest

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