THE SJ CHILDS SHOW-Building a Community of Inclusion

🎙️ Welcome to The SJ Childs Show Podcast! 🎉

Join Sara Bradford—better known as SJ Childs—as she bridges understanding, connection, and advocacy for the neurodivergent community.

With a growing global reach of over 100,000 followers and views across our platforms, The SJ Childs Show shines a light on autism, neurodiversity, lived experiences, empowering stories, expert insights, and practical resources for parents, educators, professionals, and neurodivergent individuals alike.

Brought to you by The SJ Childs Global Network, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting autistic and neurodivergent individuals and their families worldwide, this podcast brings together powerful voices, meaningful conversations, and actionable ideas that help build a more informed and inclusive world.

🌐 Visit sjchilds.org to learn more about our mission, explore resources, and connect with our growing global community.

🎧 Listen on platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Goodpods, and more—or tune in Fridays at 8:30 AM EDT on the Helium Radio Network’s Life Improvement Radio, Channel 1.

Together, we’re building understanding, creating connection, and making inclusion more than just a conversation. 🌟

✨ Explore more resources at: https://sjchilds.org and https://streamable.live

Podcasting since 2021 • 392 episodes

THE SJ CHILDS SHOW-Building a Community of Inclusion

Latest Episodes

Episode 368-From Mislabels To Meaning: A Functional Nutritionist ADHD and More with Amy Jones

You can feel it the moment someone finally says, “Oh, that’s why.” Amy Jones joins us for a candid, funny, and deeply human talk about living most of her life without an ADHD diagnosis, getting labeled with everything but the real answer, and h...

August 04, 2026 • 54:21

Episode 367-Autistic Adult Theo Maynard Shares How Nature And Community Helped Him Rebuild

Theo spent years pushing away his autism diagnosis, and the cost was steep: mental health spirals, substance abuse, and the constant pressure to act “normal” in a world that rarely makes space for sensory needs. When he later works with autisti...

July 28, 2026 • Season 16 • Episode 367 • 48:40

SPECIAL RESOURCE EPISODE 366- DaniPlan-Who Knows Your Loved One When You Cannot

The scariest part of caregiving is not the hard day, it’s the day you’re not there to explain what only you know. When a loved one is non-speaking, has epilepsy, needs sensory supports, or relies on a specific routine, the difference between “t...

July 21, 2026 • Episode 366 • 26:57

Episode 365- Grandparenting On The Spectrum with Jennifer Kaufman

The hardest part of “helping” a family after an autism diagnosis can be admitting that your old playbook no longer fits. Jennifer Kaufman knows that tension from both angles: she spent years as a principal at a school for children with autism t...

July 14, 2026 • Season 16 • Episode 365 • 34:35

Episode 364-Parenting Neurodiverse Teens With Autonomy And Respect with Dr. Carla Caturia

Your teen’s behavior makes more sense when you stop treating it like a moral failing and start treating it like communication. We sit down with Dr. Carla Cataria, an educator turned family support specialist, to talk about what actually helps t...

July 07, 2026 • Season 16 • Episode 364 • 39:08

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