News and notes from UMAMD, 9/30/16

Here's what happens when churches ignore mental illness
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/09/26/my-pastor-told-me-it-was-a-sin-not-to-feel-joy-heres-what-happens-when-churches-ignore-mental-illness/

NYT series on disability: Deaf in Public Spaces
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/opinion/the-deaf-body-in-public-space.html?_r=1

Deaf influence on consumer technology
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lydia-l-callis/deaf-influence-on-consume_b_12123440.html

NBC News reports on assistive technology that makes a Deaf-owned pizza place "just another restaurant.... which is the way it should be."
http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/this-pizzeria-serves-up-pies-all-while-catering-to-the-deaf-767614019704

Mental Health Ministries newsletter
http://www.mentalhealthministries.net/spotlights/index.html

Review of Disability Studies special issue: disability and aging
http://www.rds.hawaii.edu/ojs/index.php/journal

Free webinar from PRC: Barrier-Free Congregation, Oct. 25, led by DMC chair
https://www.facebook.com/events/1116191121756975/

Western Jurisdiction disaster planning to include people with disabilities
http://westernjurisdictionumc.org/dra2017/

Review that places "intelligence" in historical context
https://networks.h-net.org/node/4189/reviews/144326/mcdonagh-goodey-learning-disability-and-inclusion-phobia-past-present

Advocacy: adaptive design survey
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AdaptationExperience

Advocacy: Fund programs serving people with disabilities
http://capwiz.com/easterseals/issues/alert/?alertid=73932626&queueid=11308528326


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AMD news notes, 9/16/16

Building accessibility culture
https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/building-accessibility-culture

"Speechless"--thoughts about a new tv show
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-ca-st-fall-preview-minnie-driver-speechless-20160827-snap-story.html
and thoughts from a person with a disability
http://toniasays.blogspot.com/2016/09/lets-talk-about-speechless-1x01-pilot.html

New York Times disability series, A vision
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/opinion/the-blind-guiding-the-blind.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1

The Julian Way (Dallas Morning News)
http://beta.dallasnews.com/life/life/2016/09/13/dallas-new-monasticism-living-intentionally-prayer-community-hospitality

A flyer (PDF) is now available to share about the ASL glossary project
http://www.umdeaf.org/download/aslglossary.pdf

A poem to hearing aids: and a question, do we consider where God is in design and technology?
http://hearinghealthmatters.org/betterhearingconsumer/2016/love-poem-hearing-aids/

Open letter from Ford Foundation on Power, Race, Disability
http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=3f89269c6132144b6f1c5ce78&id=d5a39099f5&e=1d5cd13105

Advocacy note from Not Dead Yet
http://notdeadyet.org/2016/09/face-to-face-challenging-the-better-dead-than-disabled-message.html

Advocacy: National Council on Disability on HR3765 (link is broken) (summary)
PAST and PRESENT LEADERSHIP of the National Council on Disability on H.R. 3765, the ADA Education and Reform Act: "No business should be given what essentially amounts to a pass to continue to violate a law that was established more than a quarter-century ago to end the pervasive discrimination against people with disabilities that prevented us from going to movies, eating in restaurants, shopping in stores, going to museums and sporting events, and simply being an active part of our communities."
http://go.usa.gov/xBgHd.

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News from UMAMD, 9/9/16

Another in the NYT series on disability:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/02/well/family/when-the-barriers-arent-just-physical.html

From the social principles: From the Social Principles: We claim all economic systems to be under the judgment of God no less than other facets of the created order. Therefore, we recognize the responsibility of governments to develop and implement sound fiscal and monetary policies that provide for the economic life of individuals and corporate entities and that ensure full employment and adequate incomes with a minimum of inflation.
Article about disability minimum wage:
https://www.thenation.com/article/people-with-disabilities-minimum-wage/

Rape culture and disability
https://psmag.com/rape-culture-and-disability-319e001ce3c2#.6kup6zkul

One of a series of blog posts about growing up disabled in church
http://toniasays.blogspot.com/2016/09/lets-talk-about-faith-part-14-mental.html

Take action to save the ADA
http://www.aapd.com/take-action-to-save-the-ada/
     

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News from UM Association of Ministers with Disabilities, 9/2/16

Prize for book about Dementia
http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/5761/john-swintons-dementia-living-in-the-memories-of-god-wins-michael-ramsey-prize

Clergy Wellness Corner, Pacific Northwest Conference
http://www.pnwumc.org/news/clergy-wellness-six-things-i-learned-from-being-lousy-at-prayer/

Reading "Nothing without us"
https://stephenkuusisto.com/2016/08/28/why-nothing-about-us-without-us-should-be-required-reading-for-everyone-in-higher-education/

Why has Japan's massacre gone unnoticed?
https://theconversation.com/why-has-japans-massacre-of-disabled-gone-unnoticed-for-answers-look-to-the-past-64201

UM Disability blog: faith
http://umdisability.blogspot.com/2016/08/faith-light-in-darkness-diane-mettam.html

Coping with trauma and mass violence
http://blog.samhsa.gov/2016/08/29/coping-in-the-wake-of-incidents-of-mass-violence/

National Fire Protection Association Access newsletter
http://www.nfpa.org/public-education/by-topic/people-at-risk/people-with-disabilities/e-access-newsletter?order_src=C243

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