News and notes from AMD, 31 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

• Writing as exploration: https://captivatingmagazine.com/2019/05/16/how-writing-helped-me-to-explore-my-filipino-american-heritage/
• PTSD and first responders: https://www.firerescue1.com/ptsd/articles/394010018-Recognizing-PTSD-symptoms-in-firefighters/
• Listening to depression: https://baptistnews.com/article/listening-to-depression-as-a-spiritual-and-political-practice/
• Nonprofit struggle to be inclusive: https://www.fastcompany.com/90341114/nonprofits-struggle-to-be-inclusive-to-workers-with-disabilities
• Is your love in limited supply? https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/05/20/is-your-love-in-limited-supply/
• Disabilities and war: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/05/28/un-focus-civilians-disabilities-wartime
• Disasters and institutionalization: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/federal-report-highlights-trend-of-involuntary-institutionalization-during-and-after-disasters-300856426.html
• What side are you on? https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/05/30/what-side-are-you-on/

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DHM

• Theatre for all: https://katherinebouton.com/2019/05/06/theatre-for-all/
• Captioning for live news: https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/fcc-debates-evolution-of-live-captioning-for-news
• Psalm 25: https://www.deafwomenoffaith.org/dwof-talk/2019/5/9/psalm-25
• If you don't caption, you're missing out: https://network.crcna.org/disability-concerns/if-you-dont-caption-videos-youre-missing-out-big-time
• Hearing aids and design: https://mymodernmet.com/sarah-ivermee-custom-hearing-aid-decorations
• Hearing aids and confidence: https://findhearing.com/my-hearing-aids-boost-my-confidence
  

DMC

• Vanier funeral: https://international.la-croix.com/news/jean-vaniers-funeral-we-will-continue/10119
• Can church be good news for drug users? https://www.anabaptistdisabilitiesnetwork.org/Newsletter/Pages/2019/Can-the-Church-Be-Good-News-to-People-Who-Use-Drugs.aspx
• Re-examining "please rise": https://reformjudaism.org/blog/2019/05/02/how-do-we-elevate-ourselves-re-examining-imperative-please-rise
• SAWS ramp builders expand: https://www.facebook.com/SAWsRamps/posts/2391738827537506
• Aspberger's: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208933391799336&set=gm.722465274560164&type=3&theater
• Breaking Barriers newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/crcna/breaking-barriers-summer-2019?e=61abe2c6b4

MHM

• Brochure: Comfort from the Scriptures for Persons with a Mental Illness: http://mentalhealthministries.net/resources/brochures/scriptures_for_comfort/scripture_comfort.pdf
• Noticing miracles: https://www.facebook.com/186943104662050/photos/a.212469705442723/2367225856633753/?type=3&theater
• Pathways to Promise Leadership Forum Webinar, Wednesday, June 12, 10:30 AM CT.
  https://zoom.us/m…/register/eb36559964e1711e34538d7d4481ef37
  

UMCD SCJ Conference, July 19-21, 2019
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