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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Sensory-Friendly Mass in South Jersey
The diocesan paper for Camden, New Jersey recently carried a story about a sensory-friendly Mass in the diocese. This Mass in south Jersey has been going on since at least 2015 which makes it one of the longer-running sensory-friendly Masses […]
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Omaha: Great Article About a Sensory-Friendly Mass
I have been trying to cover the various sensory-friendly Masses slowly starting in different dioceses in the USA and Canada. Diocesan papers will often have stories about them on their website. Catholic Voice Omaha, the paper for the Archdiocese, had a recent article that I think can be a model for other dioceses.
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No More Christian Ministries “With Autism”
In the autistic community, there has long been a debate about how to refer to ourselves. Historicaly, medical professionals have often preferred “people with autism” while most of us prefer “autistic.” I personally – like the vast majority of autistics […]
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Chile Writes Neurodiversity Into the Constitutional Draft
Chile moves to recognize neurodiversity in its constitution. They are in the middle of a constitutional convention and this proposed new article got strong support at the convention, being one of the strongest supported articles in this convention. This piece […]
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Macaskill on Autism and the Church
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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