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Josh, over at Modern Mormon Men the Manly Mommy Blog provides a heartfelt recounting of how their family came to understand that one of their sons has Asperger's Syndrome and how it has affected their family. He recounts some advice given to him by a friend:

The father of a Ethan, a young man with autism begins his story by recounting a visit from their bishop to discuss their son receiving the priesthood:

"Well, as we sat and discuss this for nearly an hour, Bishop Noble said (and I'm paraphrasing), "I think we should ordain Ethan. Not just for him, but for the ward. I think it would be a great thing for the ward to be able to see him passing the sacrament and experience him. In fact, I hope he does have a meltdown while passing the sacrament..."

"Are you kidding me!?!

"That's right,

"I hope he does have a meltdown while passing the sacrament."

An answer to this question from the website "Ask Gramps"

A blogger discusses her nephew with autism.

The blog of a member of the Church with Asperger's syndrome.

A discussion of a Sunstone session titled, "Persons with Disabilities and the Church".

A story with some questions about conjoined twins, one who was baptized.

Personal blog in memory of Joshua Eisenstat, an LDS young adult with autism.

Over at the LDS blog, Times and Seasons there was recently a post that statd

A brief account of a baptism where sign language was used.