The College Autism Network (CAN) will hold its tenth College Autism Summit on November 8–11, 2026, at the Renaissance Baltimore HarborPlace Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The summit brings together college and university staff, employers and employment specialists, researchers and students who work on support for autistic students in higher education and the move into employment.
The theme, All That a Harbor Can Be, frames the program around student success on campus and beyond, wellness and communication, critical questions, and connecting research with practice. The November 9 opening session pairs CAN Executive Director Lee Burdette Williams with network founder Bradley E. Cox of Michigan State University, Perry LaRoque of Mansfield Hall and Jane Thierfeld Brown of College Autism Spectrum in a conversation on ten years of the field. Natalie Diggins, author of The Autistic Adult’s Toolbox, gives the closing keynote on November 11. The schedule also includes preconference sessions, about 60 concurrent sessions, posters, an employer connection series and mentor matching, with CRCC continuing education available.
CAN, based in Mystic, Connecticut, links practitioners and researchers focused on autistic college students. Although the summit has limited direct ABA content, it offers providers who serve adolescents and young adults a view of the postsecondary and employment supports their clients may rely on after leaving clinical services.