News and notes from AMD, 12 April 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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AMD

• Real equity means including people with disabilities in philanthropy: https://www.philanthropy.com/article/No-Equity-Without-Everyone-/245991
• Pastors, first responders, and mass shootings: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10156955230198654&id=121094358653&notif_id=1554814624085354&notif_t=scheduled_post_published&ref=notif
• Inclusive, another word for love: https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/04/08/inclusive-another-word-for-love/
• Traumatic Brain Injury, an insider's view: https://www.meriahnichols.com/traumatic-brain-injury/
• Accessible weddings: https://beckiewrites.com/2019/04/08/accessibleweddingmarthaharris/
• New co-chairs: https://umdisability.blogspot.com/2019/04/new-co-chairs-at-amd-and-statement-on.html

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DHM-UMCD

• Spring Newsletter: https://www.umdeaf.org/news/
• Samuel Gnanarajah reports, preparing Pastors for ministry among people with disabilities: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2662361183790728&id=260161100677427&notif_id=1554814386538794&notif_t=scheduled_post_published&ref=notif
• Deaf Space at Gallaudet: https://www.citylab.com/design/2019/03/deafspace-design-disability-architecture-hard-of-hearing-dc/582613/
• Offer ASL as language: http://www.alestlelive.com/opinion/article_2fedc250-54e0-11e9-98e6-d7d43b235381.html

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DMC

• Disability and community: https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2019/04/disability-as-it-relates-to-people.html
• Limited mobility parking: https://www.facebook.com/PresbyteriansForDisabilityConcerns/photos/a.376591799737645/376591809737644/?type=3&theater
• It's all about relationships: http://www.gcumm.org/news/it-s-all-about-relationshipsi/
• Disability humor: http://www.newmobility.com/2019/04/dealing-with-the-normies/
• Fractured: https://baptistnews.com/article/as-the-mother-of-a-child-with-autism-i-see-how-preaching-and-practicing-the-gospel-are-fractured/

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MHM

• Mental Health webinars from CFOI: https://www.facebook.com/186943104662050/photos/a.212469705442723/2288361431186863/?type=3&theater

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NEJ Deaf Ministry Boot Camp, May 18, 2019
https://www.umcd.org/newsnej/1905.html
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