Friday, June 8, 2018

News and notes from AMD, 8 June 2018


Here are the highlights of postings this week from the Association of Ministers with Disabilities, Disability Ministries Committee, Mental Health Ministries, Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Ministries Committee, and UM Congress of the Deaf:
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UMCD, DHM, ELDA, ECD joint meeting in Las Vegas, July 22-29
https://www.umcd.org/
http://www.umcd.org/download/2018registration.docx
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UMAMD Meeting and Academy, August 1-3
https://www.umdisabledministers.org/meeting/2018.html
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Northeastern Jurisdiction Deaf Ministry Conference, November 9-10
https://www.umcd.org/newsnej/1811info.pdf
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Annual Conference handouts from DMC
https://www.umdisability.org/conference/
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UMCs build ramps in New Mexico
https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/2018/06/03/new-mexico-ramp-project-helps-elderly-disabled/667579002/
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Stairs that fold into lift:
https://www.facebook.com/thisisinsiderhome/videos/1955174461162258/
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NYT disability series: we are the original lifehackers
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/opinion/disability-design-lifehacks.html
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A cure for ableism
https://everydayfeminism.com/2018/05/a-cure-for-ableism/
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(Inspiration) Porn Star
https://pastorjimmymac.blogspot.com/2018/06/inspiration-porn-star.html
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MHM Spotlight, Summer 2018
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1104745249463&ca=2b8756c0-28db-487a-b5b4-6e2fe8866440

Mental health system is broken
http://www.cacatholic.org/hope_and_healing
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The role of hope
https://www.bphope.com/get-your-hopes-up/
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Click here for a list of events of interest to people in disability ministry.
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