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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Autism Is NOT Due to Parental Sin, Fr. Valanmanal
There is a popular priest who is saying horrendous things about autism and autistics, so I wrote about him. I’m surprised I need to say that autism is not due to parental sin. However, a Catholic priest from India has […]
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Autistic Children Should Receive First Communion!
It should be obvious that every child can receive Communion, but I explain why it is so in this video and in a post with citations: I have my notes (almost a transcript) in a post on Patheos. It begins: […]
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Yes, I am Autistic -Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC
So, I made this public today: I’m autistic. I posted a transcript about being autistic on Patheos. Today, on World Autism Awareness Day, I decided to come forward about being autistic. Below is the transcript for this video for those […]
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