Friday, September 28, 2018

News and notes from UMAMD, 28 September 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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Helping people with mental health conditions prepare for disasters
http://www.tucollaborative.org/sdm_downloads/helping-people-with-mental-health-conditions-prepare-for-disasters/
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Helen Keller to be removed from Texas history texts
https://rewire.news/article/2018/09/20/now-is-an-especially-terrible-time-for-texas-to-stop-teaching-kids-about-helen-keller/
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Members of Glendale UMC, Nashville speak about healthcare
https://www.facebook.com/glendaleumc/photos/a.10153287268633980/10156770936718980/?type=3&theater
and
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/health/2018/09/12/tennessee-aca-obamacare-health-insurance-preexisting-condition/1265333002/
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The Mental Health Ministries Fall e-Spotlight is now available
http://www.mentalhealthministries.net/spotlights/index.html
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Everything you wanted to know about anxiety but were afraid to ask
https://www.pnwumc.org/news/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-anxiety-but-were-afraid-to-ask/
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Enriched by differences
https://network.crcna.org/disability-concerns/enriched-differences-0
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Autism and the New Testament (limited time availability)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23312521.2017.1373613?scroll=top&needAccess=true
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Art for the visually impaired
https://www.mutualart.com/Article/How-the-Art-World-is-Making-Way-for-the-/40BD2955157C32C1
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Resiliency
https://www.bphope.com/fast-talk-resilience-rules/
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GBCS: clergy and suicide prevention
https://www.umcjustice.org/news-and-stories/clergy-have-a-role-in-suicide-prevention-735
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Northeastern Jurisdiction Deaf Ministry Conference, November 9-10
https://www.umcd.org/newsnej/1811.html
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