Session 2: Non- And Minimally-Speaking Autistic People in Church
Nurturing Care
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55m
The second session of our NTS Nurturing Care/KC initiative included a presentation by Dr. Léon van Omme: Non- and Minimally-Speaking Autistic People in Church.
Beginning with a method of having minimally speaking autistic participants indicate via photos what they thought was important in the church, van Ommen discovered a wide range of elements that proved meaningful through pictures and also saw the method encourage parents and pastors to get to know autistic people in new ways.
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