God Loves the Autistic Mind: Prayer Guide for Those on the Spectrum and Those Who Love Us

by Fr. Matthew P. Schneider

"How do we experience God? God loves us as autistics and asks us to respond with our whole autistic selves―that is, autistically." ―Fr. Matthew Schneider
Fr. Matthew Schneider, a priest on the autism spectrum, knows the particular challenges that autistics face in prayer, as well as the autistic traits that can be leveraged to deepen one's prayer. With clarity and honesty, he shares from his own experience and that of others on the spectrum to give hope and confidence to readers. This ground-breaking book includes 52 meditations, which provide a coherent progression of material for prayer that can be used on a daily or weekly basis.

224 pages, Paperback

First published June 10, 2022

Reviews

[Amanda Weaver]

It is terrific to hear from a priest who has autism. This book delivers an authentic autistic perspective accompanied with knowledge of doctrine and prayer. It offers advice/help for autistics, caregivers, and pastors in a compact understandable delivery. Then you have 52 prayerful meditations designed for autistics prayers. Thank you, Fr. Schneider, for writing this book.

[Nik Robbins]

Parts of this book are rather specifically Catholic, not surprising since the author is a Catholic priest. As a Lutheran I was not particularly familiar with some aspects of Catholicism, but those parts were interesting and I learned a little more about Catholicism. For the most part though this book is useful for any autistic Christian of any denomination.

[Gracewellworn]

I would recommend this book.