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

Sunday Jan 11, 2026
Sunday Jan 11, 2026
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 Marie about why we merged the autism spectrum and why we split the spectrum.
previous episodes mentioned:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3maTOAAVTYyNSNqsD13Pjb?si=7c8dd19c737b4bd5https://open.spotify.com/episode/10NYKKSUNWOqbb8FoEzKSm?si=04f105f71a684f23
ASAN policy briefs
https://autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/DSM-5_Policy_Brief_ASAN_final.pdf
https://autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ASAN_DSM-5_2_final.pdf
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Sunday Jan 04, 2026
Sunday Jan 04, 2026
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 Luke about what happens to autistic ex-christians after they leave.
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Sunday Dec 28, 2025
Sunday Dec 28, 2025
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 interview Aella about her experiences in Christianity and how she thinks about Christianity as an ex-Christian.
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Sunday Dec 21, 2025
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
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, Greg and I do another Q&A and talk about what it has been like to do an autism and Christianity podcast for a year.
Podcast Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVkZVBD7xFTPN4zQIR8nI31pqmNHC_HeyDT9iNRz2ua-fgSA/viewform
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Sunday Dec 14, 2025
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
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 spoke with Simone Collins from the Based Camp podcast about the newest incarnation of the pro-natalist movement and the autistics who participate in it.
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Sunday Dec 07, 2025
Sunday Dec 07, 2025
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, Greg asks me every question in my autism and Christianity interview protocol and I try to answer them as briefly as I possibly can.
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Sunday Nov 30, 2025
Sunday Nov 30, 2025
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, spoke with Max an autistic Christian fan fic writer about their hit "It's a feminonmenon" fanfic about the acts of Paul and Thecla.
Link to the Act of Paul and Thecla fic which you should support: https://archiveofourown.org/works/58436500/chapters/148853284
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Sunday Nov 23, 2025
Sunday Nov 23, 2025
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 read an essay I wrote about my experiences having teenage gender dysphoria.
You can find the full written piece and my substack here: https://dispatchesfromtheautismwars.substack.com/p/i-had-teenage-gender-dysphoria
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Sunday Nov 16, 2025
Sunday Nov 16, 2025
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 Joanna Sawatsky, a Christian purity culture expert and author of several data driven analytic books on the subject, about the effects of Purity Culture on autistic Christians and ex-Christians.
Joanna's research group website and resources https://baremarriage.com/
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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Saturday Nov 15, 2025
Saturday Nov 15, 2025
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 Helen Roy a thought leader of the autistic Christian radfem adjacent gender fatalists why so many autistic Christians are radfems.
Helen's substack: https://substack.com/@helenofroy
Previous episode where we talk about autistic attitudes towards feminism and trans issues:
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2xhns-17ab3e0
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
Donate to malaria nets to support my work: https://www.AgainstMalaria.com/ChristianityOn
Get the merch (proceeds go to malaria nets and the artist that made the work): https://christianityonthespectrum.creator-spring.com/






