Christianity On The Spectrum

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Christianity On The Spectrum episodes

May 24 Why are Online Autism Communities "Like That"- With Susannah Black Roberts
This podcast is about the intersection of autism (ASD 1) and Christianity, covering twelve years of ethnographic research covering over 26000 autistic Christians and ex-Christians. In this episode, first time guest Susannah Black Roberts comes on to discuss, well, sort of everything, but more specifically the nature of online autism communities and why they are, "Like that"
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1 hr 8 min
May 17 How not to Critique Neurodiversity: An Analysis of Christina Buttons Latest Work - With Etana
This podcast is about the intersection of autism (ASD 1) and Christianity, covering twelve years of ethnographic research covering over 26000 autistic Christians and ex-Christians. In this episode, Etana returns to talk more about Christina Buttons newest "I thought I had Autism. I was Wrong" article with the Free Press and the complications of autism discourse.
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1 hr 57 min
May 10 The Case for Re-Institutionalization - With Cathy Reisenwitz
This podcast is about the intersection of autism (ASD 1) and Christianity, covering twelve years of ethnographic research covering over 26000 autistic Christians and ex-Christians. In this episode, with Cathy Reisenwitz about institutions, reinstitualization, and the arguements for and against it.

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1 hr 29 min
May 03 Autism and Detransition - With Kinnon MacKinnon
This podcast is about the intersection of autism (ASD 1) and Christianity, covering twelve years of ethnographic research covering over 26000 autistic Christians and ex-Christians. In this episode, I talked with Kinnon MacKinnon about his work on detransition with the DARE study.

Kinnon R. MacKinnon
https://www.kinnonmackinnon.com/
The One Percent Substack
https://theonepercentdetrans.substack.com/
the DARE study
https://www.thedarestudy.com/

Publications from the DARE study
Sampling methods and scam/nonsense screening protocol: https://www.jmir.org/2025/1/e63252
Latent Class Analysis of reasons to detransition: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-025-03264-6
Gender fluidity and detransition: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/30678935.2026.2653130
Detransition/retransition healthcare experiences and needs:
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JASWGCFIMIMQ2B39M3M6/full?target=10.1080/26895269.2025.2538744

the DARE study on Substack
https://open.substack.com/pub/awaisaftab/p/understanding-detransitions-in-transgender?r=4m6w70&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

https://open.substack.com/pub/theonepercentdetrans/p/new-study-published-what-are-the?r=4m6w70&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

https://open.substack.com/pub/theonepercentdetrans/p/a-first-look-at-the-results-of-the?r=4m6w70&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Review of research on transition/detransition and neurodivergence:
https://open.substack.com/pub/theonepercentdetrans/p/neurodivergence-transition-and-detransition?r=4m6w70&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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1 hr 35 min
April 26 What do Animal Models Tell Us About Autism? - With Kelly
This podcast is about the intersection of autism (ASD 1) and Christianity, covering twelve years of ethnographic research covering over 26000 autistic Christians and ex-Christians. In this episode, I talked with Kelly about mouse and animal models of autism, what they can tell us, what we can learn from them, and their limitations.

If you are autistic and Christian and want to fill out a survey, here is a link:
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1 hr 3 min
April 19 Experiences of Christian Autistic Adults Raising Autistic Children (With Alyssa)
This podcast is about the intersection of autism (ASD 1) and Christianity, covering ten years of ethnographic research covering over 26000 autistic Christians and ex-Christians. In this episode, I talked with Alyssa about what it is like to be the autistic parent of autistic children.
If you are autistic and Christian and want to fill out a survey, here is a link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8xNb2wVupRU8ys1HCBksh0BIsQXrLxtpQHJ5oA8Apjr66Bw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=115637121395263171568
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1 hr 35 min
April 12 Please Stop Falling for Facilitated Communication (With Etana)
This podcast is about the intersection of autism (ASD 1) and Christianity, covering ten years of ethnographic research covering over 26000 autistic Christians and ex-Christians. In this episode, I talked with Etana about Facilitated Communication.
If you are autistic and Christian and want to fill out a survey, here is a link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8xNb2wVupRU8ys1HCBksh0BIsQXrLxtpQHJ5oA8Apjr66Bw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=115637121395263171568
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1 hr 42 min
April 05 Should Neurodiversity be more Marxist? (with Alyssa)
This podcast is about the intersection of autism (ASD 1) and Christianity, covering ten years of ethnographic research covering over 26000 autistic Christians and ex-Christians. In this episode, I talked with Alyssa about Robert Chapman's Book "The Empire of Normality" and their article "The Future of Neurodiversity" for the Boston Review.

Link to the full article: https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-future-of-neurodiversity/

If you are autistic and Christian and want to fill out a survey, here is a link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8xNb2wVupRU8ys1HCBksh0BIsQXrLxtpQHJ5oA8Apjr66Bw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=115637121395263171568
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1 hr 45 min
March 29 Should Christians be Effective Altruists? - With JD from Christians for Impact
This podcast is about the intersection of autism (ASD 1) and Christianity, covering ten years of ethnographic research covering over 26000 autistic Christians and ex-Christians. In this episode, I talked with JD from Christians for impact about their book "All the Lives You Can Change"
Pre-order the book: https://www.amazon.com/All-Lives-You-Can-Change/dp/0802885136

If you are autistic and Christian and want to fill out a survey, here is a link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8xNb2wVupRU8ys1HCBksh0BIsQXrLxtpQHJ5oA8Apjr66Bw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=115637121395263171568
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1 hr 16 min
March 22 Autism and Table Top Role Playing Games
This podcast is about the intersection of autism (ASD 1) and Christianity, covering ten years of ethnographic research covering over 26000 autistic Christians and ex-Christians. In this episode, I talked with Christian about TTRPGs.
You can find Christian here:
https://bsky.app/profile/cerhendriks.bsky.social
Christian's blog:
https://advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/
Christian wrote a blog post specifically for this episode:
https://advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/ttrpg-rules-accommodations-autistic-players/
If you are autistic and Christian and want to fill out a survey, here is a link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8xNb2wVupRU8ys1HCBksh0BIsQXrLxtpQHJ5oA8Apjr66Bw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=115637121395263171568
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2 hr 8 min

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Christianity on the Spectrum is a podcast about the intersection between autism and Christianity. In the podcast, Jon, an Anglican autistic computer engineer and autism researcher from Canada,…