Emily

“The theologian and storyteller John Shea once suggested that the kingdom of heaven is open to all who are willing to sit down with all. That’s a one-line caption for discipleship. In essence, the single condition for going to heaven is to have the kind of heart and the kind of openness that makes it possible for us to sit down with absolutely anyone and to share life and a table with him or her. If”
― Ronald Rolheiser, Domestic Monastery

“This is also true of disability. Being autistic is not the norm, but it isn’t wrong. The lives that autistic people build for themselves may not be conventional, but they aren’t inferior.”
― Emily Paige Ballou, Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity

“The ability to be both a distinct self and part of a close relationship is at the core of being able to grow our genuine adult maturity.”
― Jenny Brown, Growing Yourself Up: How to bring your best to all of life's relationships