News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC -28 April 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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• Disability Ministries Advent Devotional Resource
• GBCS: Social Principles resolution renewals
  

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DHM/UMCD

• Tanzania Conference: Agriculture
• ELDA D&DE:  Emmaus
• Philadelphia Sun: Roz McKelvey and Germantown Deaf Ministries
• Tanzania Conference: Deaf gathering at First UMC, Dar Es Salaam
• Technical.ly: Gallaudet students using holograms
• Tanzania Conference: Deaf worship
  

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DMC

• GBCS: Understanding Disabilities in Native communities
• Angela Muir: Therapeutic Gardening and Accessibility
• Upper Room: Safer Sanctuaries
• Lewis Center: 7 Ways Your Church Can Respond to the Reality of Sexual Assault
• NPR: Mattel unveils a Barbie with Down syndrome
• Faith & Leadership: Hybrid services
• AAIDD: Charity and social justice
  

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Events

• May 1 (start): BeADisciple IFD 437: Before and after the I Do's
  
• May 2-4: Princeton Forum on Youth Ministry
• May 5: Baltimore-Washington Conference, Accessibility Conversations--Autism
  
• May 17: AAIDD,  Community Connectedness and Technology
• May 25: Stone Belt Arc, Disability and Vocation
  
• June 16: Arizona Center for Disability Law, African American Conference on Disabilities
  
• June 26-29: Institute on Theology & Disability, Waco TX
• July 10 (start): BeADisciple IFD431, Caring with Compassion: First Responders and their families
  
• September 23: Delaware Deaf Fest

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News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC -21 April 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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• REAADI (Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion) Act
• Yom HaShoah
  

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DHM/UMCD

• NAD: ProTactile movement
• Tanzania Conference: Robert Aloyce, Children's Director
• Tanzania Conference: conversations after Deaf service at chang'ombe UMC
  

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DMC

• Day in the Life: ADA
• New Mobility: Dealing with the 'normies'
• NJ Sun: Something for everyone
• GBCS: Fighting for YES!
• The Eagle: Those with disabilities ... (ableism)
• Asthma: Accommodating my asthma trigger
• Heumann Perspective: Religion & Disability (captioned video)
  

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Events

• May 1 (start): BeADisciple IFD 437: Before and after the I Do's
  
• May 2-4: Princeton Forum on Youth Ministry
  
• 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
• July 10 (start): BeADisciple IFD431, Caring with Compassion: First Responders and their families
  
• September 23: Delaware Deaf Fest

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.