News and notes from AMD, 17 May 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

• Transformation: https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/05/13/transformation-on-a-damascus-road/
• Stories: https://beckiewrites.com/2019/05/08/devotion-the-stories-that-shape-our-lives-his-encouragement-22/
• The Three Legged Desk: https://stephenkuusisto.com/2019/05/08/the-three-legged-desk/
• Uber has left us behind: https://www.forbes.com/sites/xianhorn/2019/05/08/uber-has-left-us-behind-a-call-to-care-and-action/#1b4f365a2cbc
• The Bright Side of Darkness: https://beckiewrites.com/2019/05/15/jepinto/
• Nighttime: https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/05/16/nighttime-are-you-as-tired-as-me/

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DHM

• Deaf Ministry at LLUMC: https://www.facebook.com/DeafMinistryofLoversLane/posts/10157478168650087
• Support for someone with hearing loss: https://livingwithhearingloss.com/2019/05/07/seven-ways-you-can-make-life-easier-for-someone-with-hearing-loss/
• Hearing loss increase: https://waow.com/news/2019/05/09/younger-generation-seeing-more-hearing-loss-technology-partially-responsible/
• Google captions almost everything: https://www.fastcompany.com/90344669/google-just-added-closed-captioning-to-everything-on-your-phone

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DMC

• Sensory stimulation in worship: https://www.reformedworship.org/blog/pulling-out-all-stops
• Auto-Immune disease: https://www.anabaptistdisabilitiesnetwork.org/Newsletter/Pages/2019/Living-with-Auto-Immune-Disease.aspx
• Disability advocates: https://network.crcna.org/disability-concerns/bearing-witness-god%E2%80%99s-kingdom
• Spectrum doesn't mean what you think: https://theaspergian.com/2019/05/04/its-a-spectrum-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/
• Walking in grace: https://disabilityumc.org/2019/05/15/amandagenearticle/

NEJ Deaf Ministry Boot Camp, May 18, 2019
https://www.umcd.org/newsnej/1905.html
UMCD SCJ Conference, July 19-21, 2019
https://huntsvillefirstunitedmethodist.wufoo.com/forms/s1lgngfm0dhwft8/
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