News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 1 December 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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New England Conference

• A message from Bishop Johnson: speaking out against hate crime
• Scholarship fund in memory of Josh Seal
  

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AMD

• H-Net: Disabled Clerics in the Late Middle Ages
  

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DHM/UMCD

• First Deaf UMC, Viwege, Dar Es Salaam
• UMCD Conference: Banquet video
• Yatosha Deaf Ministry: Farming
• Kabwe UMC Deaf Ministry: Desires of your heart
• ECD anniversary
• Tanzania Conference: First Deaf UMC, Viwege, construction
• Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act
  

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DMC

• Reframing Autism: whole body listening
• Circle of Friends video
• Braun Ability: Drive for Inclusion report
• Daily Bruin: UCLA launches BA in disability studies
• Jefferson Health: Disability etiquette, service dogs
• Skift: Disability advocates oppose simulations
• Seen & Unseen: the social messages physician assisted suicide sends
• Next City: Disaster relief and disabled first responders
  

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Events

• December 3: Proposals due, April 8-9, 2024: Ohio State University, Multiple Perspectives on Inclusion and Disability
  
• December 7: CACC, The Spiritual Experiences and Expressions of Non-or Minimally Speaking Autistic People
• December 9: Baltimore-Washington Conference, Signing for the Holidays
• December 13: RespectAbility, Building Disability Inclusion Together
  
• January 12: Session Proposals deadline, Institute on Theology & Disability 2024 (June 17-20, 2024)
  

 

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