The National Catholic Register carried a piece on autistic priests. I think it was good but imperfect. I think it is important to see how autistic men can be Catholic priests, but we will have certain struggles. I did an […]
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God Loves the Autistic Mind Now in Audiobook
Ever since I published God Loves the Autistic Mind: Prayer Guide for Those on the Spectrum and Those Who Love Us, people have asked me for an audiobook. I am happy to announce that this just this month, it was […]
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Don’t Trust William Stillman on Autism & Psychic Abilities
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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Fr. Mark Nolette Reviews God Loves the Autistic Mind
Fr. Mark Nolette from Autism Consecrated reviewed my book, God Love the Autistic Mind: Prayer Guide for Those on the Spectrum and Those Who Love Us in Homiletic & Pastoral Review. He had some good and critical things to say. […]
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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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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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Ten Years of a Sensory-Friendly Room Near Atlanta
In this third and final installment of examining places that have run a sensory-friendly space for an extended period, we get to possibly the longest-running sensory-friendly room. (First and second in this series.) St. Peter Channel in Roswell, GA (north […]
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Fort Wayne Has the Largest Sensory-Friendly Mass in the USA
St. Vincent de Paul parish in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has the most highly attended sensory-friendly Mass I know of. They have 400-700 people on an average Sunday. They have been going for just under 3 years and have grown big […]
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Sensory-Friendly Room for Mass: 5 Years in NY State
I recently spoke to Aimee O’Connell of Autism Consecrated about her parish’s sensory-friendly room for Mass. This is St. Pus X in Rochester, New York: it’s on my sensory-friendly Mass directory. This will be the first in a series of […]
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My Book, “God Loves the Autistic Mind,” tied for 1st in Prayer Books in the ACP 2023 Awards
The Association of Catholic Publishers recently posted their “Excellence in Publishing Awards” for 2023. These are meant to point out the best books in particular categories. In the prayer category, my book, God Loves the Autistic Mind, tied for first. […]
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