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Recent content by ChapNelson

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    NT Chaplain Counseling Aspie Inmate...Advice, Please!

    There is so much more to tell about Dave's progress, and walls being broken down to allow him to relax more (coping mechanisms for the anxiety issues), and start understanding how NTs think. He's actually starting to apply Theory of Mind concepts in analyzing the different possible reasons an NT...
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    NT Chaplain Counseling Aspie Inmate...Advice, Please!

    If a man is starving to death, or dying of thirst, you don't just teach him about God's love and his need to accept Jesus as his Lord and Savior. That may be his ultimate greatest need, but his immediate need is to be given food and drink, in order that he may see God's love and acceptance in...
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    NT Chaplain Counseling Aspie Inmate...Advice, Please!

    Hi Dayhiker, It’s really nice to connect to someone in the Aspie Christian community. I do appreciate your response, and you don't need any great insights on this matter brother...just communicating from the perspective of an Aspie who is also a Christian can shed lots of new light for...
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    NT Chaplain Counseling Aspie Inmate...Advice, Please!

    :wave:I'm a volunteer chaplain with the Texas Prison System. Until a few months ago, the only aspect of autism I was aware of was the non-verbal type. I know hundreds of inmates, and have held many counseling sessions in the 5 years I've volunteered as a prison chaplain. Several months ago, I...
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    Pope Francis to meet with Catholics on the autism spectrum...

    God bless the Pope! I'm Protestant, but anyone who shares Christ's love and acceptance with those who need Him is my brother in Christ! I especially love that the Catholic Church, under this Pope's leadership is recognizing that those on the spectrum are a valued part of our Heavenly family...