News from the UM Association of Ministers with Disabilities, 1/29/16

Announcement: Longmore's book about telethons
http://news.sfsu.edu/news-story/telethons-book-likely-disrupt-notions-about-charitable-giving-and-disabled-people

Deaf mental health program in Minnesota
https://www.minnpost.com/mental-health-addiction/2016/01/alison-aubrecht-peer-support-program-takes-deaf-centric-approach-men

Thoughts on sacred space from a guide dog
http://stephenkuusisto.com/2016/01/19/after-living-many-months-with-my-first-guide-dog/

Helping families with mental illness
http://michaelwarden.com/7-simple-ways-church-leaders-can-help-families-with-mental-illness/

New Disability Awareness Sunday materials from Baltimore-Washington Conference
http://www.umdisabilityministries.org/dasunday/base.html

PTSD in disaster victims
http://www.emergencymgmt.com/disaster/Tornadoes-aftermath-puts-some-at-risk-for-PTSD.html

January committee chairs conference call minutes:
http://www.umdisabledministers.org/meeting/2016call.html

UM Disability blog: The Letter of your Life
http://umdisability.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-letter-of-your-life-diane-mettam.html

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ministries January newsletter
http://www.umcdhm.org/news/list.html

Disability and theological education, PDF article
www.ats.edu/uploads/resources/publications-presentations/documents/disability-and-theological-education-progress-and-possibilities.pdf

UM Disability blog: Disability Awareness Sunday
http://umdisability.blogspot.com/2016/01/disability-awareness-sunday-leo-yates-jr.html
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