The Telepathy Tapes have recently been a popular podcast. They investigate the possibility that some non-verbal autistics have extraordinary psychic abilities, particularly telepathy. William Stillman wrote three books on autistics having similar abilities a few years ago. Hearing about this […]
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Reflections on Being at Orthodox Conference
As many of you know, I was one of two keynote speakers at “Gathered as One Body: Disability, Accessibility, and Inclusion in the Orthodox Church,” a large conference by the Huffington Ecumenical Institute and the GOA (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of […]
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My Book as a Resource on Spectrum
Spectrum publishes from the Seventh Day Adventist perspective but is independent. The publication recently had an article titled “Faith-Based Resources for Autism Acceptance Month.” This article included me and my book, God Loves the Autistic Mind, as 1 of 4 […]
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“Spirituality on the Spectrum” In Good Faith Podcast
BYU has a podcast called “In Good Faith” that covers a variety of perspectives on faith. I recorded an episode back in the fall and it recently came out titled, “Spirituality on the Spectrum.” It just went live. As the […]
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Eli’s Quiet Friend: 1st Book for Catholic Autistic Kids
Eli’s Quiet Friend is one of the first children’s books linking autism and Catholicism. As an autistic, I often like the quiet of adoration for praying and I know many fellow autistics do as well. This book brings autistic prayer […]
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Autistic Catechesis for First Confession Near Atlanta
Back at the end of May this year, I interviewed Jeanne Lyons about the great things they were doing for autistic students at St. Peter Channel in Roswell, GA (north Atlanta suburb) for autstics. In June, I published an article […]
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Autistic Catholics in Catholic News Agency
Today, I am featured in a Catholic News Agency piece spotlighting Autistic Catholics as a new organization helping Catholics on the spectrum. Here is some of what I said: The new president of Autistic Catholics, Father Matthew Schneider, an openly […]
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Autistic Catholics: I’m President of the Board for this New Initiative
So far, a few dioceses have had programs to help Autistics to live a full Catholic life. Autism Consecrated has done a great job of encouraging autistics in their own prayer life. But, so far, there has been a lack […]
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A New Sensory-Friendly Mass in Virginia
This August, a parish in Northern Virginia started a monthly sensory-friendly Mass. Nativity is a parish on the edge of the DC suburbs in the diocese of Arlington that will now make their 1 pm Sunday Mass sensory-friendly every 2nd […]
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Flourishing as Autistic Christians (Video Series with Duquesne University)
Back in Spring 2023, I did a recording with some people at Duquesne University on human flourishing as autistics from a Christian perspective. The roundtable presents a good spectrum of perspectives on living as an autistic Christian in our broken […]
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