Steps to Autism Acceptance Podcast: Episode Four, What Friends and Peers Can Do to Support College Students on the Spectrum

Steps to Autism Acceptance

Steps to Autism Acceptance Podcast: Episode Four, What Friends and Peers Can Do to Support College Students on the Spectrum

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Editorial Board Member Claire Barnett and her college friends talk about being autistic as well as being friends with students who have autism.

Resources

For more STS resources on socializing, friends, and communication, you might like this posts:

• our Core Issues page, Autism and Socializing in College

• Autism, LGBTQA Dating, Community, and Student Groups: A Reflection

• Autistic and Looking for Social Connections on Campus? Join a Club!

• Steps to Autism Acceptance Podcast, Episode Three: Communication Within Interpersonal Relationships

• Bullying and Autism: How to Recognize Harmful Behavior and Create a Safer School Environment

• Let’s Talk Autism, Special Interests, and College Social Life

For more about sensory sensitivity, check out these resources:

• Autistic Sensory Sensitivity on Campus: Part One, Introduction

• How Not to Treat Sensory Anxiety, from Autistic Scholar

For more about the Vanderbilt Autism and Neurodiversity Alliance, look here:

• The Frist Center for Autism and Innovation

Host

Claire Barnett is a recent Vanderbilt University graduate who studied Human & Organizational Development. She was diagnosed with autism in November of 2017 and is a proponent of the neurodiversity framework for understanding people with all types of neurological differences. At school Claire was a student journalist, as the Photo-Video Director of the Vanderbilt Hustler and the Executive Producer of Vanderbilt TV News. In summer of 2017, she participated in the White House Internship Program in the Photo Office. You can check out her photographs at www.clairetomphotos.com.