UM Disability news, 5/6/16

 Churchgoers, Mental Health, and Pastors
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-briggs/is-your-congregation-a-cl_b_9791248.html

Wait-until-we-need-it doesn't work:
http://davehingsburger.blogspot.com/2016/05/early.html

Firefighters learn some ASL
http://www.firerescue1.com/Firefighter-Training/articles/86984018-Ohio-firefighters-get-lesson-in-American-Sign-Language/

Disability discrimination increases:
http://blogs.hrhero.com/diversity/2016/03/20/retaliation-discrimination-and-harassment-persist-disability-bias-charges-increase/

New blog from a UM pastor, posting about an interesting interaction:
https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2016/04/05/it-just-doesnt-matter/

White House conference on rights of parents with disabilities
recording: https://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2016/05/05/forum-civil-rights-parents-disabilities
report: http://www.ncd.gov/publications/2012/Sep272012

Biblical healing stories:
http://newsacred.org/2016/05/marlon-brando-and-the-problem-with-biblical-healings/




Disability Advocacy

Wounded Warrior Project Petition on IVF funding for injured veterans
https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/action-center

NAMI stigma-free pledge
http://www.nami.org/stigmafree

Talking points on GC disability petitions
http://www.umdisabledministers.org/resource/16pet.html

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