Christianity On The Spectrum

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, tries to explain the data on the intersections between autism and Christianity from over 600 interviews with Christian, ex-Christian, and Christian curious autistics and from reading and analyzing the social media posts of over 26,000 other autistics on the internet.

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4 hours ago

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 Emelia comes on to discuss ADHD and Christianity, the similarities with autism, the differences with autism, and what it is like to live with it. 
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Sunday Jun 21, 2026

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 speak with Jackie Kancir about ending the autism wars. 
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Sunday Jun 14, 2026

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 speak with Lauren Pope from Rehumanize about Selective Abortion.
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Sunday Jun 07, 2026

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 speak with K. Rose about what it is like to get diagnosed with autism as an autistic Christian.
Her Substack:https://berryvariedthoughts.substack.com/Her Twitter:https://x.com/berrysweetmum
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Sunday May 31, 2026

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, returning guest Susannah Black Roberts comes on to discuss OCD and Christianity, the similarities with autism, the differences with autism, and what it is like to live with it. 
Susannah's Article about OCD: https://mereorthodoxy.com/when-belief-is-agony
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Sunday May 24, 2026

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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Sunday May 17, 2026

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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Sunday May 10, 2026

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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Sunday May 03, 2026

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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Sunday Apr 26, 2026

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:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8xNb2wVupRU8ys1HCBksh0BIsQXrLxtpQHJ5oA8Apjr66Bw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=115637121395263171568
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