Pierce Green was a freshman in high school who had never slept over at a friend’s house. Pierce was bright and funny and he lit up the room. Also, he was on the autism spectrum and struggled to know how to interact with other people. When we prepared for our Presbytery youth retreat, we made a social story and a visual schedule; we had the coolest adult chaperone just for Pierce. We also had conversations with all the kids – Pierce, the...
A toolkit for inclusion
"We hope to let every church know that you do not need to be exceptional; you don’t need a big budget or limitless volunteers. You just need to listen to people with disabilities."
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