Autism and the Church: Bible, Theology, and Community by Grant Macaskill (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2019), 239 pp. A while back I wrote a review for this work but it takes a while for academic journals to publish. Nova et […]
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Sensory-Friendly Mass Directory
One of the biggest steps the Church needs to do now to include autistics is making a sensory-friendly Mass in every city. Asking a few autistics I know, I have found a number of locations that have such Masses. I […]
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Greg Locke, Autism Is not Demonic
Pastor Greg Locke has made a number of controversial statements. Recently, he was claiming autism is demonic. This is ridiculous. I will cover three things: summarizing his claim, and referring to why this is not demonic in three aspects: another […]
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Sensory-Friendly Mass in Fort Wayne
One of the biggest next steps for accepting autistics in the Church is having sensory-friendly Masses at least in every city for those on the spectrum overwhelmed by Mass. Autistics process sensory data differently so ordinary sensory experiences for others […]
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My Autism Prayer Book in Publishers Weekly
Sr. Maria Grace, FSP, who is working with me at Pauline Press on my book on prayer for autistics told me about an article mentioning my book in Publishers Weekly. It was in an article about faith-based books in general […]
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Non-Verbal Autistic Child Denied Communion: Some Lessons
I wrote about a tough situation where miscommunication lead to a child being denied first Communion. Earlier this week a non-verbal autistic child was denied registration for First Communion at a parish in New Jersey. Now the story has exploded […]
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Christians Should Embrace Neurodiversity
This is a point I think is foundational and important for us autistics to be accepted in the Church. I am an autistic priest. When I was first diagnosed with autism as a priest, my superiors gave me a choice […]
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Fr. Dominic Valanmanal, Please Stop Attacking Autistics
It’s painful when other priests attack autistics. One was popular so I wrote about him. Fr. Dominic Valanmanal is at it again. This priest compared us autistics to animals and blamed our existence on our parents’ sins. This priest is […]
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Autistic Confession: Tips for Both Sides of the Screen
I recently wrote a piece on confession for autistics. I want to help both the individual autistic confess well and the priest to hear the confession well. My piece on the topic was recently published on Aleteia: [Autistics] make up 1.5% […]
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Christians, Please Call Us Autistic, Blind, and Deaf
This is a point of charity that many miss, so I wrote about it: When I have posted about autism, I occasionally have had an argument about terminology. I am autistic. Occasionally a concerned person will tell me that I […]
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