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Youth work with young people who are autistic

July 4, 2009, 5:58 pm |

I had a very interesting meeting this morning with Ann Memmott who is our Diocesan adviser on Autism. We had a useful discussion on the issues and challenges faced by those on the Autistic Spectrum in their encounters with church. Ann has written an excellent paper on working with people with ASD and you'll find it here. I'm reproducing with her permission though the excellent summary as I know a lot of our groups/projects involve young people with Autism or Aspergers. "Almost 35,000