Dr Léon van Ommen
Senior Lecturer in Practical Theology
University of Aberdeen
 

Dr Léon van Ommen is Senior Lecturer in Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen and Co-Director of the Centre for Autism and Theology. His research focuses on liturgy/worship and autism. Apart from the GLAD project, Léon research currently focuses the sensory aspects of worship and liturgy in relation to autism. He also studies autism and spirituality, with a focus on non- or minimally-speaking autistic people and Black autistic people in the United Kingdom. Léon is author of numerous publications, including Autism and Worship: A Liturgical Theology (Baylor University Press, 2023).