News and notes from AMD, 14 December 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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DHM Advent newsletter
https://www.umdeaf.org/news/
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MHM: Blue Christmas
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Mental-Health-Ministries-186943104662050/posts/?ref=notif
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Holiday guide to autism
https://carriecariello.com/2018/11/19/holiday-guide-to-autism/
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Race, poverty, and disability
http://realeconomicimpact.tumblr.com/post/180621399020/looking-at-race-poverty-and-disability
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MHM: All is calm
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2116747278348280&id=186943104662050
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MHM: Waiting
https://mhn-ucc.blogspot.com/2018/12/waiting-by-karl-shallowhorn.html
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Was Joseph on the Autism spectrum?
https://www.disabilityandfaith.org/was-joseph-on-the-autism-spectrum-author-post/
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Funding renovation at Idaho church
https://www.postregister.com/news/local/renovation-project-underway-at-trinity-united-methodist-church/article_9d0d82ad-9ff2-558f-b029-da84b11fc80e.html
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Captioning has value beyond Deaf accommodation
https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-movies-and-tv-shows-with-subtitles-on-2018-11
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The Hope of Waiting
http://www.adnetonline.org/Blog/Pages/2018/The-Hope-of-Waiting.aspx
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A cat learns signing
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2480411558652359&id=260161100677427&comment_id=2485302251496623&notif_id=1544715224822785&notif_t=feed_comment&ref=notif
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Better sermons about disability
https://www.keyministry.org/church4everychild/2018/12/6/pastors-here-are-three-ways-to-preach-better-sermons-about-disability
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PSA: recruiting for ASL study for children under 5
http://sites.bu.edu/aslvocab/participate-in-a-research-study/
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Deaf community mission to Red Bird, closes January 15
https://www.umcd.org/newssej/190811.html

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