News and notes from AMD, 6 March 2020

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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• General Conference Resources
• Registration is now open for the (Summer) Institute of Theology and Disability
  

AMD

• Faith & Leadership: Reclaiming the power of lament
• Statement on Church is denying first communion to autistic child
• Ford Foundation: Heumann interview
• Rooted in Rights: Heumann review
• Trevor Noah: Heumann interview
  
• The Mennonite: The disabled God and our imperfect bodies
• NAMI: How PTSD affected my life
• Jewish Week: How communities fall short on inclusion
• CJDS: Review, Was Yosef on the Spectrum
  

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DHM/UMCD

• WTOC: communication cards
• Christ Deaf UMC: worship
  
• Jewish Week: How we can create equal opportunities
• HLAA: World Hearing Day
• Chronicle Vitae: Just use a microphone already
• Delaware Deaf Expo report
• St. Andrews fundraiser (and an idea for your church)
  
• Living with hearing loss: Does hearing loss cause us to misread emotions?
• Business Insider: Problems with transportation for Deaf users
• K. Bouton: How fit is your hearing?
• Jewish Week: Disability and Judaism (ASL)
  

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DMC

• DMC: Opening Hearts, Minds, and Doors Wider
• Captivating Magazine: Glaucoma
• DMC web site: Disability Sermons
• Princeton Theological Seminary: More than a mission
• Jewish Week: Belonging means more than just inclusion

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