News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 12 January 2024

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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• Find-a-Church features now include accessibility and ASL, and DHM website includes hearing loop directory.
  Check your church's listings and make sure they're up-to-date!
  
• Be A Disciple IFDC1210: Disability, the Bible, and the Church
  

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AMD

• ASBMB Today: Being neurodivergent in academia: Nothing wrong with me
  

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DHM/UMCD

• First Deaf UMC, Viwege: New Year greetings
• First Deaf UMC, Viwege: 2024 blessings
• DHM: Hearing loops update
• Tanzania Conference: Yatosha Deaf Farm
• LLUMC Deaf Retreat, primitive camping, March 2024
  

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DMC

• Kathie Comments: Twelve moments of Christmas
• Pulse: Objectification + Disability = Inspiration Porn
• Being: Sara Hendren, Our Bodies, Aliveness, and the Built World
• UX Collective: Accessibility handbook download
• Western Pennsylvania Conference: Resilience, Faith, and Radical Change at Blandburg UMC
• WCJB: Compassion UMC recovery center
• University of Aberdeen CATCC: Spiritual Experiences and Expressions of Non-or Minimally Speaking Autistic People
  

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Events

• January 12: Session Proposals deadline, Institute on Theology & Disability 2024 (June 17-20, 2024)
• January 24:ABHMS, Seeking Wellness in Asian American Communities
  
• January 27: ADN+Mosaic: Nurturing Accessible Children's Ministry
• February 6: NDRC, Finding the Way in Dementia Care
• February 29: ABHMS, Supporting Asian American Youth and Young Adults
• March 1: UMHEF Scholarships close
• March 14: ABHMS, Serving as trauma-informed leaders in Asian American Communities

 

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