News and notes from AMD, 3 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

• Disability is not a dirty word: https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2019/04/23/disability-is-not-a-dirty-word-handi-capable-should-be-retired/
• Unheard? https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/04/28/unheard-listen-to-my-plea/
• Jean Vanier's Jelly Beans: https://flyingkittymonster.blogspot.com/2019/04/jean-vaniers-jelly-beans.html
• Dedicated wellness: https://sarahgriffithlund.com/2019/04/26/dedicated-wellness/
• WCC welcomes F&L: https://www.oikoumene.org/en/press-centre/news/faith-and-light-wcc-open-hearts-to-people-with-intellectual-disabilities
• Communication without words: https://c-q-l.org/resource-library/resource-library/all-resources/listening-strategies-when-people-communicate-without-words

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DHM

• Wireless tech and hearing aids: https://www.dailytribune.com/wireless-technology-takes-hearing-aids-to-new-levels/article_d0d9d416-ba6f-51e6-9c8e-97a8fe84eb3a.html
• Ghana update: https://www.umcd.org/wfdm/ghana.html
• Captioning updates: https://www.umdeaf.org/hoh/caption.html
• Closed captioning law in Seattle: https://deafnewstoday.blogspot.com/2019/04/closed-captioning-becomes-seattle-city.html
• Deaf man and Deaf puppy: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/deaf-man-adopts-deaf-rescue-puppy-teaches-sign/

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DMC

• Eve Newman in Upper Room: https://www.upperroom.org/devotionals/en-2019-04-26
• More from Eve Newman: https://www.upperroom.org/devotionals/blog-posts/655
• BBC Disability and Theology: "Stop trying to heal me" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48054113 and podcast "Pick up your stretcher and walk" https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csz41y
• Church failed family with disability: https://themighty.com/2017/09/church-fails-families-with-disabilities/
• Be A Disciple: Chronic illness coping, https://www.beadisciple.com/online-christian-courses/ifd366-bridge-over-troubled-water-learning-to-cope-with-chronic-illness/
• Be A Disciple: The Shattered Bridge, https://www.beadisciple.com/online-christian-courses/ifd358-the-shattered-bridge-healing-after-the-suicide-of-someone-you-love/
• Miami airport sensory room: https://miami.cbslocal.com/2019/04/17/miami-international-airport-multi-sensory-room-children-autism/
• Are we yet alive? : https://pastorjimmymac.blogspot.com/2019/04/are-we-yet-alive.html

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MHM

• Religious community and suicide: https://religionnews.com/2019/04/25/in-a-time-of-rising-suicide-religious-communities-move-beyond-condemnation-to-care/
•  The necessity of a mental health ministry: https://sojo.net/articles/necessity-mental-health-ministry
• Mental Health Sunday resources: https://mhn-ucc.blogspot.com/p/mental-health-sunday.html
• Supporting people with mental illness: https://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201903/12-ways-parishes-can-support-people-mental-illness-31669

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