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.
Episodes

7 days ago
7 days ago
1 hr 13 min
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 Alex (@mimeticmagic) about diagnostic drift, looping effects, and how we talk about autism.
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Oct 18, 2026
Oct 18, 2026
1 hr 15 min
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 Dr Awais Aftab and I discuss his writing on diagnosis, autism, and the complexities of autism and autism diagnosis.
Dr Aftab's substack:
https://www.psychiatrymargins.com/
His New York Times piece:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion/adhd-autism-depression-diagnoses.html
The pieces we discussed:
Autism's Confusing Cousins:
https://www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/autisms-confusing-cousins
The Rumpelstiltskin Effect:
https://www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-rumpelstiltskin-effect-meet-the
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Oct 11, 2026
Oct 11, 2026
1 hr 29 min
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 Freddie DeBoer and I discuss his latest book "All in Your Head: Illness as Identity, Trauma as Fashion, and the Desire to be Disordered".
Links to Freddie's book:
https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/All-in-Your-Head/Fredrik-deBoer/9781668081037
https://www.amazon.com/All-Your-Head-Identity-Disordered/dp/1668081032
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Oct 4, 2026
Oct 4, 2026
1 hr 1 min
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 Dr Robin Douglas and I discuss with work and research on Paganism and Esotericism.
Dr Douglas' new book: https://a.co/d/04ucS6yeDr Douglas' website: https://robindouglas.org/
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Sep 27, 2026
Sep 27, 2026
1 hr 8 min
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 Helen Roy and I talk about the latest Christian Feminist Conference.
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Sep 20, 2026
Sep 20, 2026
2 hr 6 min
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 Simon and I talk about the the case for catholic miracles.
Dutch plane studyhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/acp.1779Key bending studyhttps://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/10934/1/Wilson%26French2014.pdf9/11 flashbulb memory studyhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2925254/Ian Stevensonhttps://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo263812801.htmlTaleb on uncertaintyhttps://medium.com/philonomist/nassim-nicholas-taleb-certain-of-uncertainty-65ba25812662And Blondel Letter on Apologeticshttps://archive.org/details/letteronapologet0000blonKelly Kearsehttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12491371/
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Sep 13, 2026
Sep 13, 2026
1 hr 18 min
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 and I talk about the Jason Arday Affair and the ensuing events.
Detailed Overview of Autism Claims:
https://cartrarian.substack.com/p/jason-arday-lied-about-being-autistic
Detailed Overview of Marathon Claims:
https://beyondtheabstract.substack.com/p/jason-arday-ran-the-marathons-what
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Sep 6, 2026
Sep 6, 2026
1 hr 22 min
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 explain the last month of my research into whether AI detectors are biased against autistic people.
Full Report in on my substack: https://dispatchesfromtheautismwars.substack.com
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Aug 30, 2026
Aug 30, 2026
1 hr 19 min
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 spoke with Esther Berry about the ethics of AI chatbots and autism.
Find Esther here:
https://substack.com/@theliteratewoman
https://theliteratewoman.substack.com/
https://fairerdisputations.substack.com/p/feminism-names-a-problem
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Aug 23, 2026
Aug 23, 2026
56 min
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 spoke with Matthew Loftus about his book "Resisting Therapy Culture: The Dangers of Pop Psychology and How The Church Can Respond".
https://www.ivpress.com/resisting-therapy-culture
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