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Carol Race, who was issued a restraining order after she refused to stop bringing her autistic son Adam to church, plead not guilty to charges she violated said order. Race has also started a website to inform other families with special needs children that may also have issues bringing them to church. Race was initially asked to not attend the church any longer because they felt her son was a danger to other parishioners.

Race initially ignored the order and was ticketed after attending church with Adam on Mother’s Day. Lately, she’s been attending a neighboring church, while friends with autistic children have taken her family’s pew in St. Joseph’s to show support.

The case sparked a national media blitz, including a spot on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” which was set in motion by Race and her support group of families with special-needs children.

Race hopes the new website, www.project-adams-pew.org, will prompt churches across the country to reserve a pew “for families that might need a special welcome.”

The parents of a 13-year-old boy with autism in Bertha, Minnesota have been issued a restraining order by the local church because of their son’s behavior. WWJD?

Walz claims Adam [Race] has urinated and spat in church and that his behaviour presents a danger to other parishioners.

But Adam’s parents say the boy has a medical disability and they try to control their son as best they can.

“He said that we did not discipline our son. He said that our son was physically out of control and a danger to everyone at church,” Carol Race said. “I can’t discipline him out of his autism, and I think that’s what our priest is expecting.”

But Walz told authorities he has spoken to the parents and the parish has tried to offer “many options for accommodations that would assist the family while protecting the safety of parishioners. (But) the family refused those offers of accommodation.”