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RE: Christianity and Autism

Answering the original question:

Congrats on finding your vocation.  I am assuming you are Catholic?

Most of the resources are geared towards a "cure" rather than accepting autism.  I am really tired of message boards for Christians wanting to pray for me to be cured and not tolerating my weaknesses or suggesting that I try a dairy and wheat free diet.  

Some churches that I have come across that are trying to accommodate people with autism are doing such activities -  just having a small bible class where people are free to ask those difficult questions.  Or a room that is more quiet for them to have coffee after the service.  Some people also might be better to watch a service/mass at home and come for private communion at a different time or have someone from the church call or email them regularly.  They might want to participate in church activities such as cleaning, folding orders of service, mailing etc or activities that do not involve too much social interaction if that is their preference.



jokester4079 Wrote:
I haven't really been on this site in a while, but I noticed that there may be some christians on this site so I figured I would ask this question:

I was diagnosed with Aspergers at around 2, parents didn't really talk about it all my life, started looking into it at 18 which helped me understand why I thought the way I do. I became a christian at 20 and I am currently working on my masters in Seminary.

As I researched Autism and Christianity, I noticed that the majority of resources were for the parents of autistic children, strongly connected to the curebies, or if they were helping actual autistics, it lumped us in with all physical, mental, and spiritual disabilities.

I am wondering if anyone in this group knows of any resources that talk about christianity and autism in a correct light, or just aspie christians, how you function in the church and with growing spiritually

02-19-2012 05:16 PM
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Christianity and Autism - jokester4079 - 02-12-2011, 07:32 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - skyblue1 - 02-12-2011, 09:46 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Genesis - 02-12-2011, 09:50 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - skyblue1 - 02-12-2011, 09:52 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - 190 - 02-12-2011, 10:34 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - piePIEpie - 02-13-2011, 10:57 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Vampslord - 02-13-2012, 05:58 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - 190 - 02-12-2011, 10:36 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Tyohnee - 02-12-2011, 11:05 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Luke Mauser - 02-16-2012, 10:52 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Lang - 02-16-2012, 12:33 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - 190 - 02-12-2011, 11:32 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Marcia - 02-13-2011, 12:10 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - jokester4079 - 02-13-2011, 12:27 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Genesis - 02-13-2011, 12:29 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Ana54 - 02-13-2011, 12:36 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Gareth - 02-13-2011, 01:26 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Marcia - 02-13-2011, 01:33 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Genesis - 02-13-2011, 01:32 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - jokester4079 - 02-13-2011, 01:48 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Marcia - 02-13-2011, 02:00 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - 142857 - 02-13-2011, 03:43 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - jokester4079 - 02-13-2011, 02:11 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Marcia - 02-13-2011, 02:39 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - jokester4079 - 02-13-2011, 02:47 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Marcia - 02-13-2011, 03:13 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - jokester4079 - 02-13-2011, 03:51 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Genesis - 02-13-2011, 05:21 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Genesis - 02-13-2011, 11:09 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Gareth - 02-14-2011, 02:34 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - jokester4079 - 03-01-2011, 06:50 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - LadiKapitan - 02-12-2012, 08:09 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Vampslord - 02-13-2012, 05:51 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Genesis - 02-13-2012, 09:12 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Vampslord - 02-15-2012, 04:54 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Vampslord - 02-15-2012, 04:56 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Lang - 02-15-2012, 05:31 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Vampslord - 02-16-2012, 12:46 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Genesis - 02-16-2012, 02:17 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - 142857 - 02-16-2012, 02:22 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Genesis - 02-16-2012, 02:27 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Lang - 02-16-2012, 07:38 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - 142857 - 02-16-2012, 02:42 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Genesis - 02-16-2012, 07:54 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Lang - 02-16-2012, 12:35 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Luke Mauser - 02-16-2012, 12:42 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Lang - 02-16-2012, 01:05 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Luke Mauser - 02-16-2012, 01:18 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Vampslord - 02-16-2012, 03:29 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Luke Mauser - 02-16-2012, 04:41 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Vampslord - 02-16-2012, 07:45 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - M - 02-19-2012 05:16 PM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Sylar - 06-04-2012, 08:21 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Alison - 06-04-2012, 08:41 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Bloke - 06-04-2012, 10:39 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Sylar - 06-12-2012, 03:28 AM
RE: Christianity and Autism - Alison - 06-12-2012, 03:58 AM
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