"He wandered off from his parents, not to rebel, but to sit with elders and ask too many questions. He flipped tables in sacred spaces when injustice became policy. He ghosted entire crowds when the noise got too much. He fixated on fairness like it was oxygen." Lovette Jallow Why Autistic Kids Are Punished for Asking 'Why' in Religious Spaces LOVETTEJALLOW.SUBSTACK.COM

"He refused fake peace, even when silence would've been safer. He held his boundaries publicly, unapologetically even when it made everyone around him uncomfortable. He defended sex workers without sanitizing them." Lovette Jallow Why Autistic Kids Are Punished for Asking 'Why' in Religious Spaces LOVETTEJALLOW.SUBSTACK.COM

"He wandered off from his parents, not to rebel, but to sit with elders and ask too many questions. He flipped tables in sacred spaces when injustice became policy. He ghosted entire crowds when the noise got too much. He fixated on fairness like it was oxygen" Lovette Jallow Why Autistic Kids Are Punished for Asking 'Why' in Religious Spaces LOVETTEJALLOW.SUBSTACK.COM

"If Jesus showed up in Sunday school today interrupting, questioning, refusing to fake harmony he wouldn't be praised. He'd be labeled. He'd be sent home with a behavior chart and an incident report." Lovette Jallow Why Autistic Kids Are Punished for Asking 'Why' in Religious Spaces LOVETTEJALLOW.SUBSTACK.COM

2/ Jesus held sensory boundaries. He defended sex workers. He rejected fake peace. He interrupted sacred rituals.

Today? That’s a behavior chart.
We canonize the traits of neurodivergence, then punish real kids for showing them.

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