News and notes from AMD, 7 June 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

• Suicide and insurance denial: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-05-16/insurance-covers-mental-health-but-good-luck-using-it
• Joy in the city: https://beckiewrites.com/2019/05/30/joy-in-the-city-devotional-his-encouragement-24
• May conference call: https://www.umdisabledministers.org/about.html
• Person-first / people first: https://radicalcopyeditor.com/2017/07/03/person-centered-language
• Goodbye to RHE: https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/06/03/im-scared-a-final-earthly-goodbye-to-rachel-held-evans/
• PTSD in first responders: https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/ptsd-in-first-responders-breaking-the-silence
• Review of book with neurodivergent character: https://beckiewrites.com/2019/06/03/horseisneverwrong/

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DHM/UMCD

• Captions wherever you go: https://katherinebouton.com/2019/05/23/captions-wherever-you-go
• LLUMC hosts ASL teacher recognition: https://www.facebook.com/DeafMinistryofLoversLane/posts/10157528431520087
• May newsletter: https://www.umdeaf.org/news/
• ADA requirements for listening systems: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10156377400597742&id=59292467741
• Speaking to Deaf people: http://deafnewstoday.blogspot.com/2019/06/tips-on-how-to-speak-to-deaf-people.html
• New book from Leo Yates jr: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10156280116649327&id=152198489326&notif_id=1559741882748762&notif_t=scheduled_post_published&ref=notif
• Monks helped develop sign language: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/how-monks-helped-invent-sign-language.aspx

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DMC

• Friendship Home at Indiana UMC: https://www.mywabashvalley.com/news/local-church-brings-friendship-home-to-terre-haute/1998003914
• Churches and mental health: https://thehappygivers.com/blogs/faith-culture/dear-church-lets-talk-about-mental-health
• Kodi Lee and ableism: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kodi-lee-americas-got-talent-ableism_n_5cf0096fe4b0e346ce7aa94f
• Parking in access aisle: https://youtu.be/4OdtFyA-irc
• UMC builds space for disability ministry: https://www.facebook.com/SHINEFUMC/posts/309580656616283
• "Special" events: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/public-domain-developmental-education-prom-1.5149025
• Memory of Jean Vanier: https://network.crcna.org/disability-concerns/discipleship-and-ministry-jean-vanier
• Assimilation: https://largertable.com/2019/05/29/a-failure-to-assimilate

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MHM

• Summer Spotlight: http://www.mentalhealthministries.net/spotlights/html_spotlights/2019/summer2019.html
• Psalm 139 for Hard Days: https://mhn-ucc.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-version-of-psalm-139-for-hard-days-by.html

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