Hi David,

Thanks for your details below. You are correct, I think, that the people
at my church did not understand autism. My priest is generally very
good, and serves God as best he can. I did tell him, and several other
people there, some time ago, that I suffer from AS. And I tried to
explain that there are certain situations which I find it difficult to
deal with, and often end up saying the wrong thing, and offending people
when I don't mean to. It was quite hard to stand up in front of a group
of people and tell them this. But I did it to try and get help from them
in dealing with such situations. However, they did not believe that my
difficulty was genuine. They seemed to think that I was making a fuss
about nothing, or that I was not trying, so that it was all my fault. I
asked the priest for help more than once, but got none. And so people
repeatedly upset me at the church, so that I got too frightened to go
back there.

Now the priest has changed his mind, and is going to take the action I
asked him to do weeks ago to help me...

I expect that others with AS have had the problem that people simply
don't understand it. For me, the worst part was that I was telling the
truth, and being treated as a liar, even though the truth I was telling
was so difficult for me.

God bless you, David,
Angela


david wrote:
> Calvary Chapel of Orlando
> Attention:David Wittnebert
> 4025 Edgewater Drive,
> Orlando FL,32804
> United States of America
> Hi Angela
>
> I am very happy that things worked out between you and your priest. The
> priest should know as a true servant of God he must represent God and
> do what the Lord wants him to do. If he tried to prevent you from
> attending church then he has displeased God and misrepresented God.
> But God forgaves everyone and loves everyone we all make mistakes and
> I will pray God will minster in his heart to do his will and minster.
> God created us all and loves all of us and we are very valued by him.
> Maybe this priest didn't understand or know how to deal with autism.
> Alot of churches don't understand how. But God can overcome anything
> because nothing is impossiable for God. Angela God values you and he
> will help you. I hope that the church you are attending will represent
> God's true character that's the important thing. Angela thank you for
> writing I hope one day we can meet in person but onething I do know is
> we will meet in heaven when we go home to God. If you wish to write to
> me you can e-mail me at djw@... with out the chat room or for
> those who are interested in christianity or my church address on top
> I would give you my home address but I don't wish my home address to
> be posted on the chat rooms.
> I wish you well.
>
> In Christ
> David Wittnebert