Resources

International Resources (Catholic and General)

• Dignitas Infinita on Human Dignity (Vatican Dicastary for the Doctrine of the Faith)

• Reframing Autism (Australia)

• Autistic Collaboration Trust (New Zealand)

• University of Aberdeen Centre for Autism and Theology (Scotland)

National Catholic Resources

• Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments with Persons with Disabilities (Revised 2017)

• USCCB Pastoral Statement of U.S. Catholic Bishops on Persons with Disabilities (1978)

• National Catholic Partnership on Disability (NCPD)

• NCPD - Sensory Friendly Mass Resources | Sensory Friendly Mass Locations

• NCPD - Directory of Diocesan Disability Ministry Directors

• Notre Dame - McGrath Institute for Church Life: Series on Disability, Belonging, and the Church

• Autism Consecrated (Autistic Priest and Lay Carmelite Apostolate)

• Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC (Autistic Priest)

National General Resources (some views may not be fully compatible with our Catholic Faith)

• Autism Society of America

• Autistic Self Advocacy Network

• Autism Level UP!

• NeuroClastic

State Specific Diocesan Websites (not comprehensive)

• CALIFORNIA: Diocese of Sacramento Ministry for Catholics with Disabilities

• GEORGIA: Archdiocese of Atlanta Disabilities Ministry

• INDIANA: Archdiocese of Indianapolis Disability Ministry

• IOWA: Archdiocese of Dubuque Disability Inclusion; Diocese of Des Moines Deaf & Disability Ministry

• KANSAS: Diocese of Wichita Ministry with Persons with Disabilities

• LOUISIANA: Archdiocese of New Orleans Commission for Persons with Disabilities

• NEW JERSEY: Diocese of Metuchen Office for Persons with Disabilities; Archdiocese of Newark Pastoral Ministry with Persons with Disabilities; Diocese of Trenton Holy Innocents Society

• NORTH CAROLINA: Diocese of Raleigh Special Needs and Disabilities Ministry Collaborative

• OHIO: Archdiocese of Cincinnati Office for Persons with Disabilities

• PENNSYLVANIA: Archdiocese of Philadelphia Office for Persons with Disabilities; Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy

• RHODE ISLAND: Diocese of Providence Apostolate with People with Disabilities

• TEXAS: Diocese of Dallas Office for Persons with Disabilities

• VERMONT: All Brains Belong VT

• VIRGINIA: Diocese of Arlington Special Needs Ministries

• WASHINGTON, DC: Archdiocese Office of Deaf and Disabilities Ministry

• WISCONSIN: Diocese of Madison Apostolate for Persons with Disabilities

Catholic and Christian Books on Autism and Disability

• Autism and the Church (Grant Macaskill)

• Autism and Worship (Armand Léon van Ommen)

• Unstrange Minds (Roy Richard Grinker)

• Vulnerable Communion (Thomas Reynolds)

• Disability and the Way of Jesus (Bethany McKinney Fox)

• Of Such is the Kingdom: A Practical Theology of Disability (Summer Kinnard)

• On the Spectrum: Autism, Faith, & the Gifts of Neurodiversity (Daniel Bowman, Jr.)

Books on Neurodiversity (some views may not be fully compatible with our Catholic faith)

• NeuroTribes (Steve Silberman)

• We’re Not Broken (Eric Garcia)

• The Adult Autism Asessment Handbook (Multiple Authors)

• Rediscovered: A Compassionate and Courageous Guide For Late Discovered Autistic Women (and Their Allies)

Academic Research Articles on Autism

• A Place of Belonging: Including Individuals with Significant Disabilities in Faith Communities (Carter)

• Does Language Matter? Identity-First Versus Person-First in Autism Research: A Response to Vivanti