News and notes from AMD, 1 November 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

• Random Acts of Expression: St. Luke
• Random Acts of Expression: For presence of heart, mind, and soul
• Random Acts of Expression: Reformation 
  
• Cokesbury now sells Sleep, Pray, Heal
  

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DHM/UMCD

• ASHA et al., Medicare Hearing Act
• FCC: telephone compatibility with hearing aids
• ECD: Mission Statement
  
• Hear Me Out: Concentration Fatigue
• Living with Hearing Loss: Why do people assume people with hearing loss can sign? 
  
• Lovers Lane Deaf Ministry: old photos
  

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DMC

• L'Arche: Can we shape a more human society?
• Smithsonian: Smart Cane
• U. Cambridge: Autistic adult study 
  
• Go Journal: 2020 Paralympians
• UMNS: Ramp builders in SC 
  
• My Gladiolus: Autism video
• Beckie Writes: Disability health 
  
• Faith in Healthcare: Home care workers
  

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MHM

• Love someone on a bad day
  

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