Tyler Noe

“In disability theology, it has often been pointed out that the medical model, with its characteristically pathologizing anthropological views, is theologically questionable.”
― Armand Léon van van Ommen, Autism and Worship: A Liturgical Theology

“Incomprehension gave way to impatience, impatience to shame, and shame to anger.”
― Steven Naifeh, Van Gogh: The Life

“When the apostle Paul instructs the Philippians to imitate Christ (v. 5) and to obey (v. 12) and likewise “empty” themselves, and act in humility toward one another, humbleness is not an end in itself but is the means to participate in the salvific drama.”
― Armand Léon van van Ommen, Autism and Worship: A Liturgical Theology

“To see the autistic person as a gift and as a member of the body, however, ascribes to them a value that is irreducible, that transcends contributions without negating them, and that is traced back to the very love of God.”
― Grant Macaskill, Autism and the Church: Bible, Theology, and Community