News and notes from AMD, 17 August 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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Northeastern Jurisdiction Deaf Ministry Conference, November 9-10
https://www.umcd.org/newsnej/1811info.pdf
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AMD 2018 meeting
https://www.umdisabledministers.org/meeting/2018.html
and
http://umdisability.blogspot.com/2018/08/meeting-of-united-methodist-association.html
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DHM and UMCD 2018 meeting
http://umdisability.blogspot.com/2018/08/deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-ministries.html
and
https://www.umdeaf.org/mission/2018mtg.html
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Communities and the complexity of presence (L'Arche)
https://onbeing.org/blog/kristin-lin-community-and-the-complexities-of-presence/
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NYT Disability series: how to meet autistic people halfway
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/opinion/autism-social-life-new-research.html
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Ableism
https://stephenkuusisto.com/2018/07/28/of-ableism-and-the-lucky-rabbits-foot/
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ASL for schools
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/08/10/team-ntid-bringing-sign-language-academia
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Carry On - Together
https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2018/08/08/carry-on-together/
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Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (September campaign)
http://actionallianceforsuicideprevention.org/faithhopelife
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 H-Net Reviews: The Bible and Disability
https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=51631
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