News and notes from AMD, 26 July 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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Today is the anniversary of the ADA, which provides legal protections for disabled people. However, we should reach beyond the law: https://blog.easterseals.com/inclusion-its-more-than-just-meeting-the-rules-of-the-law-or-the-policy/

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AMD

• Prayer in time of unrest: https://randomactsofexpression.blogspot.com
• Disability of being female: https://beckiewrites.com/2019/07/22/brightpinkink/
• Book review (Ableism): https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Ableism:+The+Causes+and+Consequence+of+Disability+Prejudice-p-9781119142072
• Book announcement (Bodies and Heroes): https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780190650872.001.0001/oso-9780190650872-chapter-1
• Scarcity of love: https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/07/23/the-deep-scarcity-of-love/
• Ableist's wall: https://stephenkuusisto.com/2019/07/18/disability-and-the-ableists-wall
• Simulation incomplete: https://flyingkittymonster.blogspot.com/2019/07/simulation-incomplete.html

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DHM/UMCD

• Member promotes open captions: https://www.change.org/p/movie-theaters-open-captions-subtitles-are-for-everyone
• DHM grants: https://www.umdeaf.org/fund.html
• SCJ-UMCD conference, elects new officers: https://www.umcd.org/newsscj/1907.html
• Antibiotics and hearing loss: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2210246-a-type-of-antibiotics-can-cause-hearing-loss-and-now-we-know-why
• ASL movie app: https://www.fastcompany.com/90306782/this-app-interprets-movies-into-american-sign-language-in-real-time
• Confidence-building hearing aids: https://www.healthyfoodhouse.com/mom-comes-up-with-a-brilliant-way-to-give-confidence-to-kids-with-hearing-aids

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DMC

• Ableism study: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-07-unpopular-truth-biases-people-disabilities.html
• Failing congregants: https://theweek.com/articles/852956/american-churches-are-failing-congregants-disabilities
• Being communities of healing: https://www.disabilityandfaith.org/being-communities-of-healing-in-the-way-of-jesus-guest-post
• Accommodations of the heart: https://network.crcna.org/disability-concerns/accommodations-heart-matter-more
• Caring and adults: https://www.ellenstumbo.com/churches-care-for-the-less-privileged-and-disabled

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MHM

• Church invests in mental health response: https://www.faithandleadership.com/church-invests-mental-health-response-parishioners-suffering

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Click here for a list of events of interest to people in disability ministry.

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News and notes from AMD, 19 July 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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• ADA anniversary toolkit: https://www.adaanniversary.org/home

AMD

• AMD member becomes video star: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=601486070260233
• AMD at Youth 2019: https://www.umdisabledministers.org/resource/19youth.html
• Safe spaces course: https://www.beadisciple.com/online-christian-courses/ifd156-safe-spaces-for-vulnerable-adult-ministries/
• Cages: https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/07/15/can-i-cage-my-neighbors-daughter
• Will you sit with me? https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/07/18/would-you-sit-with-me-in-my-struggle/
• A time for everything: https://beckiewrites.com/2019/07/18/ripdad

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DHM/UMCD

• Lovers Lane UMC room upgrades: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10156386071299327&id=152198489326&notif_id=1563197223117214
• Lovers Lane Deaf intern: https://www.facebook.com/DeafMinistryofLoversLane/posts/10157652366310087
• Comfort, discomfort: https://livingwithhearingloss.com/2019/07/02/finding-comfort-with-the-discomfort-of-hearing-loss
• Deaf lady fellowship: https://www.facebook.com/DeafMinistryofLoversLane/posts/10157654218650087
• Deaf Link training: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2843340835692761&id=260161100677427&notif_id=1563370923760061
• Deaf dog and sign language: https://assistivetechnologyblog.com/2019/07/deaf-dog-asl.html
• Deaf Holocaust survivor: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn60511
  

DMC

• "compliments" https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/05/disabled-people-are-tweeting-the-worst-compliments-theyve-received-10114918/
• Faith UMC sensory-inclusive certification: https://umcdmc.org/2019/07/15/faith-umc-is-certified-sensory-inclusive/
• Journey of belonging: https://network.crcna.org/church-renewal/journey-belonging
• A church that listens: https://kevintimpe.com/a-church-that-listens-learns-and-acts
• Program in NJ: https://www.prweb.com/releases/k4connect_expands_into_new_jersey_as_united_methodist_communities_deploys_new_technology_for_residents_and_associates/prweb16439019.htm
• Inclusion and tradition: https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2019/07/inclusion-of-persons-with-disabilities.html

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MHM

• Mental illness and families of faith: https://youtu.be/7vwvHB9deXU
  

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Click here for a list of events of interest to people in disability ministry.

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News and notes from AMD, 12 July 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

• Poetry review: https://beckiewrites.com/2019/07/01/whereiache/
• Poetic ode: https://stephenkuusisto.com/2019/06/30/ode-to-disabled-men/
• Power and disability: https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/07/01/backlash
• Insurance company suggests death: https://newbostonpost.com/2019/06/27/terminally-ill-mother-of-four-says-health-insurance-company-told-her-she-could-end-her-life-for-1-20
• Disability, mental health justice: https://sarahgriffithlund.com/2019/06/27/disabilities-and-mental-health-justice
• Jesus and military parades: https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/07/04/jesus-a-military-parade-and-state-sanctioned-execution/
• Poetry and disability: https://beckiewrites.com/2019/07/08/mywhitecanepoem
• Faith in healthcare: https://faithinhealthcare.org/fhc/if-grandma-table-no-one-will-blink-price-former-drug-company-manager-talks-about-price-setting
• Not your inspiration: https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/my-disability-is-not-your-inspiration
• Equipment cost: https://themighty.com/2019/07/financial-costs-adaptive-equipment-parenting
• Disability and missiology: https://aatfweb.org/2019/05/31/disabling-mission-enabling-witness-exploring-missiology-through-the-lens-of-disability-studies
• My wife is not a saint: https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/07/11/my-wife-is-no-saint/
• Disability Inclusion Learning Center: https://disabilitiesinclusion.org

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DHM/UMCD

• Magothy celebrations: https://www.facebook.com/magothydeafchurch/photos/pcb.10157150541919277/10157150535959277/?type=3&theater
• NAD, cruise ships: https://www.nad.org/2019/06/28/cruise-ships-and-asl-interpreters/
• How to text 911: https://youtu.be/j509tezozmY
• What it's like to read lips: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/videos/other/watch-what-its-like-to-read-lips-5903.aspx
• Ableism, not deafness threatens health: https://www.healthline.com/health/ableism-health-risk-for-deaf-community
• Sign language differences: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10156370113049327&id=152198489326&notif_id=1562677205352390

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DMC

• Sensory inclusive Ohio church: https://www.cantonrep.com/entertainmentlife/20190620/faith-united-methodist-earns-sensory-inclusive-certificiation
• Audio description: https://rootedinrights.org/why-describe-audio-describing-your-video-content-makes-a-world-of-difference
• Service dog user denied worship: https://www.wjcl.com/article/blind-man-denied-church-service-in-bluffton-because-of-service-dog-heres-why-the-church-did-it/28253963
• The iBot returns: http://www.newmobility.com/2019/07/the-ibot-is-back
• Same monkey, shinier club: https://www.castlechurchbrewing.com/blog/same-monkey-shinier-club
• Birthplace of diversity: http://www.abilityministry.com/2019/07/02/babel-the-birthplace-of-diversity
• Children's book about autism: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/17-childrens-books-that-promote-understanding-of-autism_n_5ade4580e4b036e7aeb58a64
• Disability simulations: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20170412/Disability-simulations-do-more-harm-than-good-study-reveals.aspx
• Being inclusive: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3588939/jewish/26-Ways-to-Be-Inclusive-in-Synagogue.htm

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MHM

• Trauma survivors in your congregation: https://www.christiancentury.org/review/books/trauma-survivors-are-your-congregation-how-will-you-help-them-heal
• The least of these: https://www.anabaptistdisabilitiesnetwork.org/Blog/Pages/2019/The-Least-of-These.aspx

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