I think both being a priest and being autistic help with providing a background for autistic prayer in a book like God loves the Autistic Mind. Let’s look being a priest then being autistic.
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The Best Guide for Autism in Church
The Anglican Diocese of Oxford made what I consider the best guide for including autistics in Church. Ann Memmott PGC, who helped prepare this made me aware of it. I think it makes many good points. Here I will cover […]
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Garcia Presents a Summary of Neurodiversity and a Roadmap Ahead
Eric Garcia recently published We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation. It is worth reading for anyone interested in autism and/or neurodiversity. Most of the book is individual stories that illustrate the different lives of autistics in our strengths, our […]
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My Story as an Autistic Priest in US Catholic
A while back, Shanna Johnson from US Catholic Magazine got in touch with me about doing a profile. We spoke a bit a few months back, and I had not thought too much about it but then I see today […]
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Interview on This Is The Day on CatholicTV
This morning I was interviewed on This Is The Day, a general interest program on CatholicTV. Often Bishop Robert Reed is on the show, but he was not today.? Nonetheless, I think it was a good interview with the two […]
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VIDEO: The Autism Prayer Hump
Autistics pray differently and experience God differently. The classical spiritual authors talk of different stages. I think our stages are slightly different: the first parts can be more difficult for us, while the latter parts can be more challenging. This is what I call the autism prayer hump. I explain why this is and how our psychology affects our prayer in this video.
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Prenatal tests for autism are coming—and so are more abortions
I was in America, following up on my point that pro-life and disability rights people should work together. Here are a few paragraphs. Go there for the rest: Having complete knowledge about a medical condition is a good thing, and […]
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Macaskill Video on Autism in Religious Groups
I recently watched a video by Grant Macaskill on autism and religion. Although he takes it from a Protestant and evangelical perspective, I think it can be helpful for us. Macaskill is a bit of an expert on the topic […]
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Order My Book
After a long time of preparation, you can finally pre-order my Book, God Loves the Autistic Mind: Prayer Guide for Those on the Spectrum and Those Who Love Us. It is only so far available in the USA, but should […]
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Fort Wayne – South Bend Profiles Fr. Matthew Schneider, LC
I did an interview a few weeks ago with Jennifer Barton, who works at Today’s Catholic, the diocesan paper for the Diocese of Fort Wayne – South Bend, Indiana. It was published last week and I think she did a […]
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