News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 1 March 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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AMD

• UM Insight: Pastor as introvert: claim your gifts
  

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DHM/UMCD

• Magothy UMC, Lent day 10
• Magothy UMC, Lent day 11
  
• Magothy UMC, Lent day 12
• Magothy UMC, Lent day 13
  
• Kabwe UMC Deaf Ministry, Let us go into the house of the Lord
• Magothy UMC, Lent day 14
• Kabwe UMC Deaf Ministry, prayer
• Magothy UMC, Lent day 15
• Magothy UMC, Lent day 16
• J. Clark: Before Helen Keller: Hidden DeafBlind Histories
  

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DMC

• Great Lakes ADA Center, Intersection of race and disability
• Sojourners: Let's talk about your church's healing ministry
• ADN: Connections Winter 2024, chronic illness
• The Thread: They believed her
• Plough: The new eugenics
• The Thread: My soul longs for connection, my body longs for isolation
• NFPA Journal: Taking on risk at its source
• NORD: Rare disease day
• Reframing Autism: What I Wish People Understood About Non-Speaking Autistics Who Spell to Communicate
  

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Events

• March 1: Disability Day of Mourning
  
• March 5-7: Candler School of Theology, No Longer Invisible: Disabilities and Faith
  
• March 6: AAIDD, How to Talk About Trauma Informed Care, Faith, and Spirituality
  
• March 11: Harvard University, World Congress on Moral Injury, Spirituality, and Healing
  
• March 14: ABHMS, Serving as trauma-informed leaders in Asian American Communities
• March 15: UMHEF Scholarships close
• March 15: application deadline, Flourishing Together: becoming an accessible and welcoming church
  
• April 2: Crisis Care Ministries, (tba)
• April 8-9, Ohio State University, The Journey from Statute to Seamless Access
• April 9: LDAA, Empowerment through Disability History
  
• April 9: Crisis Care Ministries, (tba)
• April 10: AAIDD, Stronger Together: HCS Grief Support Team
• April 16: Crisis Care Ministries, (tba)
• April 23: Crisis Care Ministries, (tba)
• April 30: Crisis Care Ministries, (tba)
• May 8: AAIDD, Spirituality and Healing Through Expressive Arts
  

 

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