Southwest Michigan churches among those embracing children with special needs
August 9, 2010 in Special Needs News by Admin Dawn
Stephanie Willoughby of Kalamazoo, Michigan wanted her two boys to have a chance to enjoy vacation Bible school with other kids like them.
So she’s planning a VBS at her church for children with autism.
“I wanted to get them incorporated into church life a little more,” she said of her sons, Ben, 8, and Sam, 6.
For parents of autistic children, “going to church is a little scary because you never know how your kids are going to act,” said Willoughby, who also has a 17-month-old daughter. “This is a chance for them to come and be themselves and be in a surrounding that’s more comfortable for them and geared for their actual needs.”
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