Faith, Family and Children with Special Needs





National Catholic Register correspondent, Thomas L. McDonald, has done an amazing interview with David Rizzo, father of a nonverbal daughter and author of the book Faith, Family and Children with Special Needs.

[People with cognitive disabilities] are very open to the Spirit in that many have learned to compensate for their deficits in language by becoming more reliant on visual, tactile, kinesthetic and other types of information to make sense out of the world and express themselves.

. . .The sacraments are a terrific way to communicate the faith to our kids precisely because of the visual, tangible and experiential nature of the sacraments. They are a visible sign of the invisible God

. . .[E]very person with a cognitive disability is different, a unique person made in the image and likeness of God. Some can understand a lot.  Others may only understand in a limited way. However, each child is capable of learning to be the person God is calling them to be.

Read the whole thing here.

Rizzo has also created an Adaptive First Eucharist Preparation Kit.

Has anyone read or used these? They look great.