Church With the Special Needs Child

Amanda Broadfoot www.lifeisaspectrum.com We found a church today. At least, I’m pretty sure we have. We’ve been looking for a while, and talk about finding something right under your nose: We ended up at the same place where we’ve been attending Kindermusik every Wednesday night for the past five months, Good Samaritan United Methodist. Dave went to the nursery with Billy and Willow to help ease Billy into his new surroundings. We explained to the nursery staff that Billy is autistic, and they were all just wonderful. After an initial, brief meltdown over the sight of Mama high-tailin’ it to the grownups’ room, Billy apparently settled in very nicely. At coloring time, he helpfully shared his orange crayon with everyone — whether or not they wanted a bit of orange on their drawing — and serenaded the whole class with a couple of verses of “Jesus Loves Me.” I got…