Autistic and Christian

I found this thread today when I was feeling very overwhelmed and it has been such a blessing to me. As an autistic Christian I often feel very isolated and alone. Most autistic people I meet dont share my faith and most Christians I meet dont share or understand my autism. I feel like my faith and my autism are the two biggest charachteristics in my life and I cant find many people I can share them both with. Reading through all these comments and knowing there are so many other autistic Christians going through the same things I am is such a comfort. Struggling with the noise of PA systems, knowing who to talk to during tea and coffee afterwards, dealing with the feeling that people might think autism is something for God to "cure" , it makes me feel really comforted knowing Im not alone with this stuff. Also I often find understanding the Bible as an autistic person very difficult, does anyone else struggle with this? I feel like all the sermons Ive heard and books Ive read in my life are about how to follow God and understand his Book from a NT point of view and for people with an NT brain. I am still on my journey of how to figure out my own personal understanding of the Bible and my relationship with God with my autistic brain but I think I understand it has to be different to everyone elses if that makes sense 

Thank you for this post. It is good to know others find it difficult figuring some things out. There are only a couple of people I have shared about autism with and I guess the rest of the time and before I knew about it I just try to be like others.

Thats what I do, both in church and at work, but it always leaves me feeling burnt out and unhappy. I am slowly slowly learning to be more myself

Thats what I do, both in church and at work, but it always leaves me feeling burnt out and unhappy. I am slowly slowly learning to be more myself