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 Last Episode in our Understanding Autism Series. Thanks for the brilliant response- we’re so glad it’s been a helpful topic.

In this episode we hear from Dr Léon van Ommen of Aberdeen University Dept of Divinity & Religious Studies who is involved in a unique Centre for Autism and Theology.

We also hear from Charlotte who gives a wonderfully helpful insight as an Autistic Mum to 2 kids.

Ed and Amy are there to ask the big questions.

People:
Ed Drew - is the Director of Faith in Kids.

Amy Smith - is a writer for Faith in Kids.

Dr. Léon van Ommen - lecturer in Practical Theology at Aberdeen University. Leon is also involved in a unique Centre for Autism and Theologyon campus. Married with two children, he also loves coffee, fruit trees and donkeys.

- Resources -
Popular level:

• Arnold, Mark. 2022. How to Include Autistic Children and Young People in Church: Creating a Place of Belonging and Spiritual Development for All.
• Memmott, Ann. 2021. “Welcoming and Including Autistic People in Our Churches and Communities.”

Theological but quite accessible for non-academics:

• Macaskill, Grant. 2019. Autism and the Church: Bible, Theology, and Community.
• Van Ommen, Armand Léon. 2022. “Re-Imagining Church through Autism: A Singaporean Case Study.” Practical Theology 15 (6): 508–19.

The Heavier Stuff:

• Brock, Brian. 2019. Wondrously Wounded: Theology, Disability, and the Body of Christ.
• Van Ommen, Armand Léon. To be published in Sept/Oct 2023. Autism and Worship: A Liturgical Theology of Availability.

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