Autism Goes To College

About Autism Goes To College

Hear from neurodiverse students about how they are managing at college, charting their own paths, taking creative approaches, and making it work in the classroom and on campus.

Publisher

Autism Goes To College

Category

education · education · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Mar 2021

Latest episode

9 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 95 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   EP 57: Peri Is Thriving at UCLA (and Graduating in March!)

   Autistic student Peri shares her incredible UCLA college journey and upcoming graduation, offering insights into navigating higher education.

2. 

   28 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   EP 56: Dom Graduates from Bridgewater State! Grad School, Autism Advocacy & Campus Life Up Next

   Dom Z. shares his college graduation journey and advocacy efforts with host Katharine, offering insights into campus life and support systems for students with autism.

3. 

   13 Apr 2026

   EP 55: Autism Goes to College x Uniquely Human with Dr. Barry Prizant

   For Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month, Autism Goes to College host Katharine O’Brien sits down with Dr. Barry Prizant, pioneering autism researcher, advocate, author, and host of the Uniquely Human podcast. Named after his bestselling book, Uniquely Human, the podcast reflects Dr. Prizant’s long-standing impact on the autism community. For Katharine, this is a dream conversation with one of the people who has deeply shaped her life and work. In this episode, they explore how autism resear...

Inside a recent episode

EP 57: Peri Is Thriving at UCLA (and Graduating in March!)

Published 9 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And then I took intro to old English, which is like basically an entirely different language from English, the English that we speak today. And I liked the professor so much. I took a second class with her and it was on the poem Beowulf in Old English. And it was me and there were six other people and we got to like really dive into it and discuss it. And that was my favorite class from last quarter. It was very hard stuff. We had to do line by line translation of the poem and it was great. Yeah, I know you're a writer and you've already expressed how much you loved your creative writing class. […]

Who has been a guest on Autism Goes To College

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Peri
• Dom Z
• Jose Perez
• Tony Yau
• Amanda Morin

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

62,835

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

29 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

32

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

77

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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