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:
# Host
Staff Photo (Official White House Photo by Stephanie Chasez)
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.