"Francis, who has shown
great ease around children with special needs, will deliver a speech to
the hundreds gathered in the Vatican audience hall. The session will be
punctuated by music and movement for the children."
"Autism
experts said parents of autistic children require particular pastoral
care since they are at high risk of getting divorced due to the
emotional and financial stress of dealing with their child's disorder.
The
Vatican's top health official, Monsignor Zygmunt Zimowski, said his
office chose to focus on autism for its conference this year to give
families affected by autism hope and attention."
Lovely.
