News and notes from AMD, 11/27/17

It's Monday, and tomorrow is Giving Tuesday
DMC: http://www.umcmission.org/Give-to-Mission/Search-for-Projects/Projects/3021054
DMC flyer, .png: https://www.umdisabilityministries.org/gtf2017.png
DMC flyer, .pdf: https://www.umdisabilityministries.org/gtf2017.pdf
DHM: http://www.umcmission.org/Give-to-Mission/Search-for-Projects/Projects/982562

Presume Belonging
https://www.missionalwisdom.com/julian360/2017/11/17/presume-belonging

DMC Advent newsletter
https://www.umdeaf.org/news/index.html

NYT disability series: explaining
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/opinion/explaining-diabled-bodies-friendship.html?_r=0

(There will not be a newsletter this Friday)

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News and notes from AMD,11/17/2017

Giving Tuesday is Nov. 28
DHM: http://www.umcmission.org/Give-to-Mission/Search-for-Projects/Projects/982562
DMC: http://www.umcor.org/Search-for-Projects/Projects/3021054
DMC flyer, .png: https://www.umdisabilityministries.org/gtf2017.png
DMC flyer, .pdf: https://www.umdisabilityministries.org/gtf2017.pdf
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Canadian Down Society has released several PSA's with the theme "Anything but sorry," here is one: https://youtu.be/gWUkI5mghx8
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Healthcare enrollment kit for churches that are participating:
http://www.souls2enroll.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/SOULS2ENROLL-TOOLKIT-3.pdf
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Update to Congregational Guide to Sign Language Interpreting
https://www.umdeaf.org/resource/cong.html
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The Gift of the Strange
http://unvirtuousabbey.com/2017/10/31/lily-burana-the-gift-of-the-strange/
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Teen suicide and pastors
http://www.adnetonline.org/Newsletter/Pages/2017/Connections%20Fall%202017/Suicide-Lifeline.aspx
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Hearing aids with creative flair
https://www.hearinglikeme.com/artist-drawing-hearing-aids-on-art-to-break-down-stigmas/
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There will not be a newsletter next Friday. If time permits, maybe Wednesday, maybe the following week.

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News and notes from AMD, 11/10/17

Giving Tuesday is Nov. 28
DHM: http://www.umcmission.org/Give-to-Mission/Search-for-Projects/Projects/982562
DMC: http://www.umcor.org/Search-for-Projects/Projects/3021054
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Healing
http://uccdm.org/3501/healing/
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Glasses are cool, why aren't hearing aids?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/opinion/hearing-aids-ears-eyesight.html?_r=0
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Measuring mature ministry
https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2017/10/universal-mature-ministry-criteria.html
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CODA life
https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/ne3bz7/the-silent-struggle-what-its-like-to-grow-up-with-deaf-parents
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Newsletter from Mental Health Ministries
http://www.mentalhealthministries.net/spotlights/index.html
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Missouri conference news
http://www.moumethodist.org/newsdetail/seeing-the-problem-9889505
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DMC website, new article:
https://www.umdisabilityministries.org/access/steps.html
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News and notes from AMD, 11/03/17

NYT disability series: rare diseases
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/opinion/my-orphan-disease-has-given-me-a-new-family.html
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DMC Fall 2017 newsletter, Mental Health ministries
http://conta.cc/2gUGLdP
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Journey to disability
http://www.rootedinrights.org/my-journey-to-rejecting-ableism-and-embracing-disability-identity/
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Vatican conference on inclusion
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2017/10/20/vatican-conference-explores-ways-welcome-people-disabilities-parish-life/
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Academic accessibility (includes AMD's goals on seminaries)
https://stephenkuusisto.com/2017/10/30/the-awp-academic-creative-writing-and-the-disabling-ethic-of-higher-ed/
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What happened to you?
https://themighty.com/2017/10/responding-to-what-happened-to-you-as-a-person-with-a-disability/
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Measures of maturity in ministry
http://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2017/10/universal-mature-ministry-criteria.html
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DMC grant reports
https://www.umdisabilityministries.org/ministry/report17.html

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News and notes from AMD, 10/27/17

Excluding people with disabilities makes church incomplete
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/excluding-people-with-disabilities-makes-church-incomplete-44081

DMC: We have added some resources to our Ramps page
https://www.umdisabilityministries.org/widen/ramp.html

Healing and disabilities
https://medium.com/christian-citizen/thoughts-on-healing-and-disabilities-77a91e166c0f

Seeing the brain and stigma:
https://theconversation.com/how-seeing-problems-in-the-brain-makes-stigma-disappear-83946

Deafness and culture:
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/hearing-world-must-stop-forcing-deaf-culture-assimilate-ncna812461

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News and notes from AMD, 10/20/17

Our God-given gift of creativity and hearing aids
https://www.hearinglikeme.com/how-to-decorate-hearing-aids-2/
and
https://themighty.com/2017/08/why-i-decorate-my-hearing-aids-and-cochlear-implants/

National survey on accessible parking
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AccessibleParkingSurvey

NYT disability series: You are special! Now stop being different
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/opinion/learning-disabilities-attention-deficit.html

We have updated the Emergency Preparedness article on our website to include more roles for disabled people: https://www.umdisabilityministries.org/widen/plans.html

Mental illness, taboo for pastors
http://lifewayresearch.com/2014/09/22/mental-illness-remains-taboo-topic-for-many-pastors/
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News and notes from UMAMD, 10/13/17

Terminology debate comes to Deaf:
https://livingwithhearingloss.com/2017/10/03/then-i-said-im-a-little-bit-deaf/

Guard Dogs
http://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2017/10/guard-dogs-who-cannot-bark.html

We are all forgiven and made whole
http://mhn-ucc.blogspot.com/2017/10/we-are-all-forgiven-and-made-whole-by.html

DMC grant reports
https://www.umdisabilityministries.org/ministry/report17.html

Disability Blog: Volunteers
http://umdisability.blogspot.com/2017/10/looking-for-volunteers-leo-yates-jr.html

In Our Own Voices
https://vimeo.com/233871582

DHM web update: Health and Safety Resources
https://www.umdeaf.org/resource/safety.html

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