Neurodiversity and the church
Helping your church become a fully welcoming and accessible community for neurodivergent people of all ages and their families
AROUND ONE IN FIVE FAMILIES now have neurodivergent members with conditions like autism and ADHD. Many of these families find participation in church activities difficult or impossible, so becoming an accessible church for the neurodivergent is both a pastoral necessity and a missional imperative.
This one-hour webinar for church leadership teams, presented by the Vision and Strategy Team in partnership with the College of Archbishops’ Evangelists, will explore the challenges faced by neurodivergent children, young people and adults and their supporting families and some of the steps which parishes can relatively easily take to help those who are neurodivergent to participate fully in church life.
The webinar will be presented by Dr Naomi Fox, Founder of Growing Hope, which provides advice to churches and free therapy services for children, and Mark Arnold, Additional Needs Ministry Director at Urban Saints and Co-Founder of the Additional Needs Alliance.
The presentation from the webinar is available below:
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