Comments on: Excluded?: On Keeping the Faith

By: Disruptive Child = Autistic Child (according to some people)

Disruptive Child = Autistic Child (according to some people) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:38:57 +0000

[...] refers to a number of instances of autistic children whose “disruptive behavior” has been the subject of more than a little public [...]

By: Phil Schwarz

Phil Schwarz — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:56:57 +0000

@Another Voice: Hear, hear!

By: 4-year-old shown the door at Georgia restaurant

4-year-old shown the door at Georgia restaurant — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:09:08 +0000

[...] Excluded, again. Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, buckhead, developmental disability, Family, father, georgia, mothering blog, parent, parenting blog, pdd-nos, restaurantShare This Related StoriesBack to the Old NeighborhoodBut what if Tuesday’s not the best night for eating out?There’s No Playing Around With FireTeaching Strategy #8: Cognitive DissonanceMan with Asperger’s jailed for life for McDonalds killing [...]

By: Excluded: Sorry, it’s not your right « What Sorts of People

Excluded: Sorry, it’s not your right « What Sorts of People — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:18:13 +0000

[...] Jim and I don’t stand up for Charlie, people just walk by. In May, I wrote a post entitled Excluded: On Keeping the Faith about the daily advocacy a parent of a disabled child, and one’s disabled child, find [...]

By: Autism and Faith

Autism and Faith — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:08:52 +0000

[...] couple of weeks ago, Kristina Chew mentioned a booklet called Autism and Faith in her blog. After reading it, I almost feel ready to try bringing our family back to [...]

By: Excluded and Included: The School Yearbook

Excluded and Included: The School Yearbook — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:18:48 +0000

[...] students was left out of the yearbook of a school in Placer County, California, I felt that pang of exclusion. From KCRA.com: “It was not intentional,” said Mark Geyer, the superintendent of the [...]

By: Bonnie Sayers

Bonnie Sayers — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:10:53 +0000

There is a new website called Adam’s Pew and it is a tool for church leaders.

By: An Argument about “Difference” and “Deviance”

An Argument about “Difference” and “Deviance” — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:13:54 +0000

[...] think this is a relevant question to ask in view of recent examples of excluding autistic children: A restraining order was filed against the parents of 13-year-old Adam Race [...]

By: Square Pegs

Square Pegs — Fri, 30 May 2008 05:18:03 +0000

[...] the past two weeks, one post after another has been about the exclusion of autistic individuals: 13-year-old Adam Race from church—and by a restraining order. [...]

By: Lake

Lake — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:45:24 +0000

It is cruel to take that young man to church, period.
Autism is a processing disorder, and the strictures of a church setting are hellacious for someone who has trouble “behaving.” His mother might mean well, but she is torturing him. The sensory overload and neurological bombardment causes “unacceptable” manifestations. I feel terrible for Adam. Rather than shape autistic people to our will, we need to understand that they see/hear/smell/feel things differently, and we wouldn’t expect a salmon, for example, to behave the same as a woodchuck.

It’s appalling really, and I would find it so even if I were not someone who thinks that taking ANYone to church is cruel.