Sometimes they are not inspired. They are human, after all. But the Lord is inspired… And faith can be tested through a horrific event such as this. Some people have trials that seem insurmountable. The point is, did you endure well, learn the lesson, and increase your faith in the Lord?

Our branch has 3 individuals who are on the autism spectrum and two people with Down syndrome who attend regularly. One of those people is my 14 year old son. He was disruptive when he was younger, but he learned to sit still and is a well loved member of out branch. He can still occasionally be disruptive as can some of the others but everyone is so understanding. My son passes the sacrament and a man with Down S blesses the sacrament. The area we do lack is resources to safely and effectively handle the 10 year old boy who has autism and is very physical. It’s a tough one for his mom and I know she would benefit from the adult classes but often has to stay with him. There is one man that can keep up with him and he does watch him some so she can go to class, but not very often.

Most of us would have chucked those causing trouble out on their ears without thinking to hard on it. Probably not the right approach and one wonders what Christ would have done under those circumstances.

When I joined the church in 94, my son was going to be 7 and was Autistic. I ended up going inactive after my trip to the Oakland Temple to take out my Endowments because my son, then 10 became so disruptive I had to spend Sacrament Meeting in the Foyer which allowed me to still hear the speakers and take the sacrament; but even that failed to last long before I had to remove him and the noise he was causing to out in the courtyard (missing the talks and sacrament entirely). There was no classes for my son, he was functioning at 1/2 his age (he was 10 yrs old so, developmentally 5 years old at best), you couldn’t get him to sit still, couldn’t stop him from becoming agitated and hitting others, adults included. It got bad each year after that until he was 25 years old and had to be placed into a facility. Not saying yours will, just saying it happens and you just do what you can to remove the impact on others. Sometimes it requires you sacrifice your attendance for a time or arrange for someone to come while you attend Sacrament Meeting. My bishop was a wonderful man that just didn’t know how to help me. I don’t blame him at all. I know Heavenly Father understood and, while I was inactive for 12 years, my testimony did not wane in the least, I kept it and when I returned after he was placed in a facility, I returned giving my testimony during the first Fast Sunday. My story touched many in the Ward.