Keeping the faith for Katie McCarron’s sake
Reverend John Gillibrand, who has a parish in rural Carmarthenshire in Wales, talked about how he questioned his faith after his now thirteen-year-old son Adam was diagnosed as severely autistic in 1997. A TV documentary is being made about the “family’s heart-breaking story,” according to an article on today’s National Website of Wales.
“I was pushed to my physical, mental and spiritual limit,” said Rev Gillibrand.“I found myself asking all the questions you’d expect, like ‘Why us?’ and ‘How can things like this be allowed to happen’?”
Rev Gillibrand now accepts his son, while noting that “there still needs to be more support for other families suffering in similar situation.”
I more than appreciate Rev Gillibrand’s publicly speaking about autism and faith. Taking care of Charlie has often pushed us to our “physical, mental and spiritual” limits but what my husband and I have gained from our efforts has only made us love Charlie and our life with him more. The ongoing discussion here at Autism Vox about Katherine “Katie” McCarron, who was killed by her mother, is raising difficult questions—about “what is autism advocacy?” and “how might we best make public tribute to young Katie’s memory.”
And keeping up this discussion, even if we have to push ourselves to our “physical, mental and spiritual” limits, is the least we can do to keep the sweet memory of Katie McCarron alive.
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