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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