CAN Media Mentions

News Articles & Releases

• Pacific University Pursues Autism-Inclusive Campus Designation (Pacific University Oregon News)

• Pathologically Genuine XIII: Autism, Dorm Life, Finding Community, and the Only Hat that Ever Gave Me Meaning  (Autism:  Pathologically Genuine)

• Marquette’s “On the Marq” Named Program of the Year by the College Autism Network (CBS News Milwaukee)
• “Lansing Community College Taking Steps to Be More Neurodivergent Friendly” (WLNS Lansing)
• “Professor Emeritus Ken Gobbo Named College Autism Network Researcher of the Year” (Landmark College)
• Outstanding Research Award Given to Landmark Professor Ken Gobbo (Brattleboro Reformer)
• “Alli MacNamara Named Contributor of the Year by College Autism Network” (Kinney Center for Autism and Education LinkedIn)
• “The Precisionists, Inc Named Employer of the Year by College Autism Network” (TPI LinkedIn)
• “On Your Marq Named Program of the Year by College Autism Network” (Marquette Today)
• “TU Selected for Inaugural Autism-Inclusive Campus Designation” (Towson University, TU Newsroom)
• “UC Clermont named pilot school for Autism-Inclusive Campus Designation” (Highland County Press)
• “University of Cincinnati Clermont College Pilots Autism-Inclusive Initiative, Aims to Transform Higher Education for Neurodivergent Students” (Cincinnati Hoodline)
• “Pilot Program at Hiram College Designated to Better Support Students with Autism” (The Portager)
• “Hiram College Named Pilot Institution for College Autism Network Inaugural Autism-Inclusive Campus Designation” (Hiram College)
• “Build College Readiness and Independence” (Organization for Autism Research)
• “Autistic Students are Building Community:  Colleges Just Need to Listen” (Diverse Education)
• “Autism and Threat Assessment: What You Need to Know” (Campus Safety)
• “Neurodivergent Workers are Talented. Too Many Workplaces are Overlooking Them” (The Tennessean) 
• “Neurodiversity Belongs in Higher Education” (Diverse Issues in Higher Education)
• “Ramapo College’s Coordinator of Enhancement Program Named to Autism Practitioner Advisory Board” (Ramapo College of New Jersey News)
• “Q&A:  Vanderbilt Expert Discusses Inclusive Workplaces for People on the Autism Spectrum” (Vanderbilt University Research News)
• “Finding Fulfilling Jobs if You’re Autistic” (Psych Central)
• “Postdoctoral Scholar Brett Ranon Nachman is Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Through Scholarship on Autism in Higher Education” (North Carolina State University College of Education News)
• “Dr. Lee Burdette Williams on Neurodiversity and the College Autism Network” (Vanderbilt University)
• “This Pitt Researcher is Using His Own Experience to Help Autistic Students Thrive on Campus” (University of Pittsburgh)
• “Different Ways of Thinking, Different Ways of Thriving: How ASU is Supporting Students with Autism” (Arizona State University)
• New Website by Neurodivergent Teen Launches to Support Aspiring College Students” (Vanderbilt University)

Podcasts

• “Dr. Brett Ranon Nachman, Autistic Researcher Studying Autism in Higher Education” (The Other Autism)
• “College Readiness for Neurodivergent Students” (Inclusive Academia)
• “Navigating College Life for Autistic College Students” (Embracing Autism IRL) 

Videos

• “Autistic Students Go to College – Is Higher Ed Ready?” (Michigan State University College of Education)

Dissertations and Theses

• Antunes, S. T. (2024). Barriers That Prevent College Success in Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Gwynedd Mercy University.
• Ball, K. B. (2024). Toward the Development of Equitable US Financial Aid Policy: A Mixed Methods Investigation of Postsecondary Financial Need Among Students With Disabilities (Doctoral dissertation, The George Washington University).
• Barbour, M. A. (2025). Exploring Autism Support Programs at Four-Year Institutions in the United States. University of Oklahoma–Graduate College. 
• Carley, S. (2025). Relationships Between Intolerance of Uncertainty, Cognitive Rigidity, and Anxiety in College Students with ASD. Xavier University.
• Cecil, A. M. A. (2025). Assessing the Readiness to Support Students with ASD: Perspectives of Community College Front-line Staff. Franklin University.
• Dufresne, S. R. (2024). Navigating Tufts for Neurodivergent Students: Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Workshop Series at a US University (Doctoral dissertation, Tufts University).
• Fishbaugh, C. A. (2025). “Made For Me”: Stories of Discovery Among Autistic Students Traveling Abroad. West Chester University.
• Grossman, E. R. (2024). Creatively Addressing the Employment Gap: Using Creativity and the Arts to Help Autistic Adolescents and Young Adults Build Skills for Employment (Doctoral dissertation, City University of New York).
• Herrmann, K. (2025). Speech Stigma: Exploring Predictors of Attitudes Toward Nonspeaking Autistic Individuals. Murray State University
• Hill, A. L. (2024). Lost In Translation: A Qualitative Narrative Study on the Lived Experiences of BIPOC Individuals with High-Functioning Autism Transitioning to College. Lynn University.
• Jackson, B. L. (2022).  Postsecondary Social Support Programs for Students with ASD as Described by Students, Directors, and Staff. Ashland University.  OhioLink ETD.
• Imoro, A. H. (2024). Teaching Self-advocacy Skills to Autistic College Students: An Exploration of Specialized Undergraduate Programs. Widener University.
• Kanhai, D. (2024). Responding to Autistic College Students: Faculty Beliefs and Behaviors. Michigan State University.
• Newson, A. (2024). Double Burnout: Exploring the Experiences of Autistic and Educator Burnout Among Autistic Educators in the United States (Doctoral dissertation, University of Oregon).
• Roese, K. (2024). Measurement of leadership among autistic adults. California State University at Fullerton. 
• Stephens, M. (2024). Navigating post-college career paths: Perspectives on career identity and self-efficacy from autistic alumni. West Chester University.

Journal Articles and Chapters

• Anderson, A. M., & Robinson, B. (2024). We adapt as needed: Autism services at liberal arts college libraries. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 50(1), 102817.
• Baczewski, L., Gohari, D., Caplan, R., Nachman, B. R., Taylor, R., McDonald, M., … & Massolo, M. (2025). “They Didn’t Believe Me”: Barriers to Mental Health Care for Autistic LGBTQIA+ Young Adults—A Community-Partnered Study. Autism in Adulthood, 25739581251387936.
• Blaskowitz, M. G., Pustorino-Clevenger, A. M., Killion, M., & Shirlow, C. (2025). Are Universities Ready to Support Autistic Students? A Call to Increase Coordinated Campus Efforts. Autism in Adulthood.
• Bolourian, Y., Zeedyk, S. M., & Brown, H. (2025). Faculty training in neurodiversity: Stakeholder feedback on social validity and perceived effectiveness. Psychology in the Schools, 62(2), 535-549.
• Brower, R. L., Nachman, B. R., & Cox, B. E. (2025). ” An Important Part of Who I Am”: How Autistic College Students Demonstrate Advocacy. Journal of College Student Development, 66(6), 639-655.
• Butler, R., Boyer, D. M., Begel, A., Kubina, R., Asadi, S., Mishra, T., & Jang, J. (2025, June). Navigating the Social-Emotional Landscape of Neurodiversity in AI Education. In 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
• Cascio, M. A., & Racine, E. (2025). It’s a Neurodiverse World: Stories from Neurodivergent People. Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics, 15(2), 79-83.
• Chenoweth, A. M. & Jackson, B. L. (2018).  Embracing creativity to engage student learning about autism spectrum disorders. Society for the Teaching of Psychology.  Retrieved from:  https://teachpsych.org/E-xcellence-in-Teaching-Blog/6411150.
• Crabtree, A., Caudel, D., Pinette, J., Vang, C., Neikirk, K., Kabugi, K., … & Hinton, A. (2024). Recruiting and retaining autistic talent in STEMM. Iscience, 27(3).
• Dlott, K. (2025). “Too Weird to Be Normal and Too Normal to Be Weird”: The Urgency of Intersectional Policy Reform for Marginalized Identities. Journal of Social Issues, 81(4), e70030.
• Endlich, E. (2024). CONFIDENT AND EMPOWERED: The rate of autism diagnoses in the United States has grown considerably in recent decades. Here’s what counselors and colleges need to know as they work with this population of students. Journal of College Admission, (261).
• Grigal, M., Papay, C., Migliore, A., Choiseul-Praslin, B., & Chen, J. (2025). Preparation for postsecondary education of transition aged youth with intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder in the United States: An Analysis of data from the national longitudinal transition study 2012. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 29(4), 818-834.
• Hillier, A., Veneziano, J., Desruisseaux, J., Wood, A., Buckingham, A., Syed, A., & Patel, A. (2025). A mixed method analysis of autistic college students’ experiences. Journal of American College Health, 1-11.
• Hodges-Fulton, M. R., & Monahan, J. (2025). Understanding Autistic Identity Disclosure in Higher Education. Autism in Adulthood.
• Imoro, A. H. (2025). Approaches to Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills in Specialized Undergraduate Programs For Autistic College Students. Journal of Teaching and Learning, 19(2), 57-79.
• Isaacson, K. B., Kutscher, E. L., Tuckwiller, E. D., & Howard, L. C. (2025). Counting the Costs: A Proposed Conceptual Model of Disabled Students’ College-Going Decisions. The Journal of Higher Education, 1-27.
• Jackson, B. (2025). The Power of Neurodiversity:  A Story About a Late Diagnosed Woman. Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics. https://doi.org/10.1353/NIB.2025.A974071
• Jang, J., Moharana, S., Carrington, P., & Begel, A. (2024, May). “It’s the only thing I can trust”: Envisioning large language model use by autistic workers for communication assistance. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-18).
• Janse van Rensburg, M., & Liang, B. (2025). Improving autistic students’ experiences in higher education: Developing a community framework for individual autistic student and autistic community flourishing. Autism in Adulthood, 7(2), 141-154.
• Johnson, J., Dodds, R. L., & Wood, J. (2024). Experiences of autistic college students in higher education and their relations with faculty. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 54(8), 2902-2916.
• Kim, S. Y., LaPoint, S., & Bottema-Beutel, K. (2024). Autistic Undergraduates’ Experiences and Intentions to Persist in College. Journal of College Student Development, 65(6), 663-683.
• Meyer, H. (2024). From Awareness to Acceptance to Action: Build a Neuroinclusive Campus Community. Planning for Higher Education, 52(4).
• Monahan, J. L., Freedman, B., Singh, V., Kalb, L., & Edmondson, C. (2024). Initial validation of the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms-62 for the autistic college population. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 57(1), 47-56
• Morris, I. F., Matta, C., & Fung, L. K. (2024). A scoping review of peer mentoring programs for autistic college students. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 11(1), 21-38.
• Nachman, B. R., Coombs, E., Cox, B. E., Johnson, J., Muhammad, B., Peña, E., & Vincent, J. (2025). An Expert Discussion on Autism in Postsecondary Education and the “Empowering Engines” Who Do Good. Autism in Adulthood, 7(4), 333-340.
• Nachman, B. R., Cox, B. E., Gillespie-Lynch, K., Lounds Taylor, J., Gelbar, N. W., & Raclaw, E. (2025). “Enjoy your time and be confident”: Honoring autistic community college students’ multifaceted interpretations of success. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.
• Nachman, B. R., Cox, B. E., Yarber, K., Raclaw, E., Gillespie-Lynch, K., Taylor, J. L., & Gelbar, N. W. (2025). Faculty Members’ Roles in Elevating Autistic College Student Success (Practice Brief). Journal of Postsecondary Education & Disability, 38(3).
• Nachman, B. R., Isaacson, K. B., Cox, B. E., & McDermott, C. T. (2025). “I Always Ended Up Getting Close to Other People Who are Autistic”: Autistic College Students’ Friendship Development. The Journal of Higher Education, 1-26.
• O’Laughlin, C. (2025). “Like There’s an Asterisk Next to My Name… in a Place Designed to Weed Me Out:” Autistic Students Evaluate College Belonging. The Journal of Higher Education, 1-26.
• Rothman, E. F., Chase, M., Scaramella, R., Haberer, B., Caplan, R., Chiang, M., … & Holmes, L. G. (2025). An online training for college sexual assault counselors who serve autistic students: User feasibility and satisfaction. Research in Autism, 123, 202549.
• Rottier, H., Pfingston, B., & Heller, T. (2025). “I Learned How To Be More Autistic”: Experiences of Autistic-Centered Constellation Mentoring. Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture, 7(1), 11.
• Santhanam, S. P., & Wilson, K. (2024). A Comparison of Autistic and Non-Autistic College Students’ Perceived Challenges and Engagement in Self-Advocacy. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33(3), 1471-1484.
• Saulnier, C. A., & Klaiman, C. (2024). Optimizing Self-Sufficiency and Independence Through Adaptive Behavior. In Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (pp. 177-205). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
• South, M., Park, S. Y., & Berman, M. (2025). Mental Health as a Key Mediator for Outcomes in Postsecondary Education, Employment, and Everyday Living in Autistic Adults. Autism in Adulthood.
• Stockwell, K. M., Robertson, Z. S., Lampi, A. J., Steinmann, T., Morgan, E., & Jaswal, V. K. (2025). “A System That Wasn’t Really Optimized for Me”: Factors Influencing Autistic University Students’ Access to Information. Autism in Adulthood, 7(2), 171-184.
• Szechy, K. A., & O’Donnell, L. A. (2025). Autism Knowledge Matters: Perceptions of an Autistic Employee’s Competency and Attitudes Toward Workplace Social Inclusion. Autism in Adulthood.
• Szechy, K. A., & O’Donnell, L. A. (2024). Neurotype and participatory autism knowledge predict perceptions of an autistic employee in the workplace. Frontiers in Organizational Psychology, 2, 1328559.
• Szechy, K. A., Turk, P. D., & O’Donnell, L. A. (2024). Autism and employment challenges: The double empathy problem and perceptions of an autistic employee in the workplace. Autism in Adulthood, 6(2), 205-217.
• Taylor, J. L., Carlson, S. R., DaWalt, L. S., Burke, M. M., Herbert, G. A., & Mailick, M. R. (2025). The Vocational and Educational Index: An Update to the Vocational Index to Reflect Contemporary Postsecondary Educational Options for Autistic Adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-10.
• West, M., Tincani, M., Hantula, D., Hong, S. R., Vucetic, S., & Dragut, E. (2025). Applying Data Science Practices to Identify Characteristics of Postsecondary Autism Support Programs From Their Websites. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-47.
• Zipf, S. T., Li, L., Oaxaca, G. C., & Ramsay, C. M. (2025). Examining Inclusivity in Flexible Learning Spaces: Expectations, Comfort, and Distractions. Innovative Higher Education, 50(1), 277-301.