In his essay ldquo Service and the Spectrum rdquo Professor Daniel Bowman Jr writes of the difficulty of navigating decisions about how to serve his church as an autistic person He explains ldquo Autistic people have to forge a new path forward every single time a unique path that takes into account mental emotional and physical energy alone recharging time sensory inputs and comfort level time of day whether or not we rsquo re being valued for our strengths and accommodated for our needs rather than excluded for perceived deficits and much more rdquo For many people Bowman writes such [... more]