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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