Friday, February 8, 2019

News and notes from AMD, 8 February 2019

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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MHM: Mental  Health and African-American History Month
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Mental-Health-Ministries-186943104662050/posts/
and
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/March-2018/You-Can-t-Pray-Away%E2%80%9D-a-Mental-Health-Condition
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Design for all: excerpt from Accessible America
https://ssir.org/book_reviews/entry/design_for_all
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God's grace gives me hope
https://beckiewrites.com/2019/01/31/godsgracesightloss/
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Inaccessibility can kill people
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/02/that-tragic-new-york-subway-death-didnt-surprise-people-with-disabilities/
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The Power of love
https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/the-power-of-love/
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Values and cornerstones transformed
https://buildingsomethingbeautiful.wordpress.com/2019/02/04/values-and-cornerstones-for-the-church-transformed-by-our-friends-with-disabilities-introduction-and-2-of-5/
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Advertising and disability
https://advertisinganddisability.com/2019/02/04/2018-report-on-advertising-and-disability/
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Disability also ignored in business
https://www.businessleader.co.uk/research-reveals-disability-absent-from-leadership-agenda/58192/
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Pondering
https://umdisability.blogspot.com/2019/02/pondering.html
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Acknowledge disability as diversity
http://www.thehoya.com/landre-acknowledge-disability-diversity/
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The Arc study on paid leave and disability
https://www.thearc.org/paidleavestudy
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Sign language interpreting profession report
https://www.nad.org/2019/01/31/2018-2020-priority-report-on-sign-language-interpreting-profession/
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Click here for a list of events of interest to people in disability ministry.
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