Editing Vernon Corea (section)

==Autism==
The struggles of parents, carers, children and adults with [[autism]] was something Corea cared deeply about, after his own grandson was diagnosed with [[autism spectrum disorder]]. He raised awareness of the condition. In 2002 he attended a historic service for autism held at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in London and wrote Prayers for Autism. These prayers are now being said on [[Autism Sunday]] commemorated annually, by churches and religious organisations across the world, on the second Sunday in February.<ref name="Autism Sunday">{{cite web |title=Vernon Corea's Prayers for Autism Sunday-The International Day of Prayer for Autism and Asperger's Syndrome|url=http://autismsunday.tripod.com/id11.html|access-date=4 September 2008}}</ref>

He died of diabetes, in [[New Malden]] in London on 23 September 2002.