Entries categorized as autism
Autism Sunday
I’ve read a few comments here and there this week about churches who will be celebrating Valentine’s Day in their Sunday Services.
Me? I abhor the tendency to allow liturgy to be dominated by the greetings card industry. It has already turned Mothering Sunday into an icky sentimentality, and now apparently we have to celebrate Lurve More...
the twelve days of autism Christmas
anyone with ASD/Aspergers in the house should read this. It will make you laugh, and cry, and know that you’re more normal than you realise. I love the fact that day four is completely missing…
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Autism and Aspergers in kids
The absolutely best book I've read on this is Clare Sainsbury's Martian in the Playground. Can't recommend it highly enough.
My son's lovely post is here
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Blog Roundup
It’s been a mad, mad week here… all sorts of stuff going on, and not much time to write. But there are a few things I’ve noticed that, for one reason or another, have touched a nerve for me. Here they are:
Sudden Death – it’s an awful, tragic thing when a young person dies suddenly More...
Autism and employment
Someone sent me the link to this brilliant story about a Danish man, Thorkill Sonne, who set up a company to make use of the particular skills of people with Autism. The father of a son with Aspergers syndrome, he found that too many of the things he read talked about what people with More...
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author musician theologian
Maggi has kept a blog since September 2003, writing about theology and faith, the arts and literature, and a little about life and random nonsense...
This title focuses on the importance of understanding who God is - and who he is not. It explores the core Lenten idea of 'giving up', taking it beyond the traditional idea of simply abstaining from something.
This book compares and contrasts the different Gospel narratives of Christ's coming. It is designed specifically for use in 2007, highlighting links to the Church calendar. It is intended for those wanting daily Bible readings for Advent.
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