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Have any of you ever taken your AS children to church? What is usually their reaction.

Given my experience, I can't see Billy (my girlfriend's 9 year old AS boy) sitting there for an hour being quiet without being disruptive and constantly complaining about being bored.

IF WrongPlanet is any indication, most Aspies are not the churchgoing type. But who knows, Billy may have a spiritual awakening one day. When I was a kid, I used to bring a toy with me into church in order to keep occupied.

My daughter has AS and she can't handle going into a church because she has auditory sensitivites she will put her hands over her ears and run out. When she is in there I can't make her sit still she will be pacing and running around every where.

I went to church when I was a child. My mother had a way of keeping me in line. It always baffled me why the loudest soloists spent the most time adjusting the microphone. Their singing sometimes hurt my ears.

I doubt anyone could have taken serious umbrage with "church" before they were old enough to fully comprehend what it meant. So far, it sounds like everyone was repelled merely by the excessive auditory stimuli. If a kid is too young to grok the pastor's sermons, it will just register as gibberish to their young mind.

It doesnt matter how much the parents can keep thier children in line. Some children just cant handle it and other people from the church thinks your child is possessed. When theyre not!
It's the crappy singing they cant stand.

My son screached GOD IS DEAD! at the top of his voice through the one wedding we took him to. We didn\t take him back...

My son goes to church as well as weekly religion class. We let him break into it gradually. We found a children's liturgy program that he went to instead of mass until he had received his first communion. After that, he went to the children's program for half the mass, and mass for the last half. During that time my husband purchased a subscription to a magazine called MagnifiKid! which my son uses to follow along and read extra and interesting tidbits about the lesson. Now he attends mass full time with his MagnifiKid! in hand, and behaves really well. He doesn't exactly sit still, but he isn't disruptive, either. We sell it as extra cuddle time with mom and dad, since his favorite thing is to cuddle.

He actually enjoys religion, but he does have his own unique take on it, and I'm not sure what the priest would say if he heard it. But it works for him, and since faith is such an individual thing, I'm happy to leave it at that. We have some very, very interesting discussions.

He'll never be an alter boy, however. We discussed the idea, but he agreed that there was absolutely no way he could sit properly on the alter for as long as those kids need to.

So .... it rather depends on the child, the church, and many other things. There was a time when we thought we'd never be in church again, but things changed, and it's been really good.

I took my gameboy to church so I wouldn't get bored.

You appreciate it more later in life, that's what my parents say, and I have found this to be true. But I still tend to leave my Duplo blocks scattered all over the place.

My parents dragged me to the "Mega-church".

I hate religion. It's the root of all evil.

No, money is the root of all evil. Just because you hate it doesn't mean it's the root of all evil. That is quite an exaggeration.

My evil boy can't hack church.

too boring.

We finally gave up.

He will come or not as he grows up.


I'm non too fond of it myself, the service that is.

The candles burning are too bright, so I wear sunglasses.

The music is too loud, so I wear ear plugs

The last pastor expressed liberal politics, so I gave up.

Well, technically, 1 Timothy 6:10, the source of the above quote, states that "The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil".

Thread I started a while back about going to Church - http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt75766.html

We have been working very hard with my daughter to make Church a pleasant experience for her. We've been attending the same Church since before she was born - hubby was baptised there as an infant. Long history with this Church, it is a small congregation so everyone knows us well and we know them.

During the School term Heidi goes to Sunday School, technically at 3yo she is not old enough to but one of the teenage girls, myself or another adult always goes with her. She is much happier in Sunday School and participates in the activities there.

It is harder when there is no Sunday School. As others have mentioned the singing is a problem.

Heidi is also a sensory seeker and simply can not sit still for that long, she needs to bounce and move.

Instead of trying to make her fit into the congregation I've been educating Pastor and the church members about what Heidi needs and we meet each other half way. Yes she has to concede a little (no loud voices in Church, can't run all over the whole building) but they do also (she has her special tent up, gets to play and move around in certain areas of the Church during the service).

Having a Childrens Address based on the book "All Cats Have Aspergers" educated the whole congregation, not just the children. The people who used to complain to me about her noise or tell her off directly no longer do so. Sadly it has not stopped them being so critical of other children, kids should be allowed to be kids, not mini adults.

It took time and patience to get Heidi to be happy going to Church, and it was worth it, much like everything else we do.

why do you think there has been so much fighting in human civilization? Most of it is the result of religious differences. So yes, it IS the root of all evil.

Not to mention it's all B.S. (in my opinion anyways)