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A Place Called Acceptance is a powerful resource for congregations who want to be communities of welcome and encouragement for families of children with disabilities.
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A national report released in October 2009 in the Journal of Pediatrics reveals that one in every 91 children has an autism spectrum disorder. Most everyone knows a family that has been affected. What is the role that faith plays in helping families cope? In this series of slice-of-life vignettes, God's grace glimmers through as Joel, an intellectually challenged young adult with autism, teaches those who love him that life requires:
* childlike faith
* humility
* trust
* compassion
* forgiveness
* openness to all of God's gifts
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Kathleen welcomes the reader into the world inhabited by a parent of a child with a disability to experience with her the moments of despair, the joy of resplendent victories, and the redemptive presence of God in the midst of deep personal questioning.
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