News and notes from AMD, DHM/UMCD, DMC - 12 April 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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MFSA Plumbline: Accessibility and Inclusion of People with Disabilities

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AMD

• D. Finnegan-Hosey: Preaching and Mental Health
  

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DHM/UMCD

• Deaf Link: Sri Lankan Sign Language passion story
• Meryl.net: complete guide to captioned videos
• Kabwe UMC Deaf Ministry
• NPR: Making ASL more STEM inclusive
• Tanzania Conference: Yatosha Deaf scholarship
  

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DMC

• Anabaptist World: Christ of the wheelchair
• United Spinal: Accessible parking
• CT news: Telehealth loophole used by parking scofflaws
• NASA: sensing the eclipse
• J. Smith: This is autism
• S. Johnson: Making the unspeakable speak-able
• Anabaptist World: God made me whole and holy
• Anabaptist World: Digging through the roof
• Ability Ministry: Universal changing table
  
• East Ohio Conference: New sensory room
  

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Events

• April 13: Deaf Prayer Vigil for General Conference
  
• April 15: UMHEF Scholarships close
• April 16: Crisis Care Ministries, Intervention and Referrals
• April 23: Crisis Care Ministries, Introduction to Mental Health First Aid
• April 23: RTI, Strategies to address social isolation and loneliness for people living with dementia
  
• April 23-May 3: General Conference of the UMC
• April 30: Crisis Care Ministries, Comprehensive Crisis Response System
• May 8: AAIDD, Spirituality and Healing Through Expressive Arts
• June 17-20: Institute on Theology and Disability

 

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