There are still a lot of things parishes can do to help autistic people in Church. Terry Mattingly is is constantly looking at the interaction between religion and other news, and how the media reports on religion. He is a […]
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Sensory-friendly Masses Can Be Ordinary or Extraordinary Form
I have advocated for every diocese to offer at least one sensory-friendly Mass so autistics who otherwise struggle to get to Mass can do so. Crisis carried a piece by Greg Cook today on a bunch of things around autism. […]
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Sensory-Friendly Cry Rooms in Non-Catholic Churches
I’m unapologetically Catholic. The Catholic Church is the vessel of salvation. But, at the same time, I think we can at times learn from other Christians. A recent article in the Victoria Advocate (Texas) by a Methodist spoke about autism-friendly – or better sensory-friendly – cry rooms.
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The Best Guide for Autism in Church
The Anglican Diocese of Oxford made what I consider the best guide for including autistics in Church. Ann Memmott PGC, who helped prepare this made me aware of it. I think it makes many good points. Here I will cover […]
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A Sensory Friendly Room for Mass Near Buffalo, NY
St. Bernadette’s Church in Orchard Park, NY has a sensory-friendly room at Mass and a whole sensory-friendly Mass on occasion. This parish is rather unique as they got mentioned in local news in Buffalo, not just in the diocesan paper […]
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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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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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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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Dealing with Autistic Sensory Issues at Mass
This is a YouTube viedo on sensory issues at Mass, with a blog post summarizing it on Patheos. Following in my series of videos on autism and Catholicism, today I address issues surrounding Mass. The experience of Mass can be […]
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