News and notes from AMD, 1/26/2018

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
http://www.umcd.org/download/2018registration.docx
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Assisted suicide: duty to die for disabled?
http://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/365326-how-assisted-suicide-laws-are-creating-a-duty-to-die-medical-culture-
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Disabled or person?
http://www.shannondingle.com/blog/disabled
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DHM Congregational Resource: Deaf Awareness Sunday
https://www.umdeaf.org/resource/cong.html
DHM Captioning Resources: 21st century captioning
https://www.umdeaf.org/resource/caption.html
DHM ASL resources: A few things to know (from NPR)
https://www.umdeaf.org/resource/asl.html
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Social media and Deaf
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/how-social-media-became-a-game-changer-for-the-deaf-community/514223/
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NYT disability series, panic disorder
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/opinion/panic-disorder-disability.html
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MHM: nurturing mental health
http://amysimpson.com/2018/01/10-ways-we-can-all-nurture-our-mental-health/
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