Southwest Michigan churches among those embracing children with special needs
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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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.