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 and advocacy for the neurodivergent community. This podcast shines a light on autism awareness, empowering stories, expert insights, and practical resources for parents, educators, and individuals alike. Brought to you by The SJ Childs Global Network, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting autistic individuals and their families worldwide, this show is your weekly dose of inspiration and actionable ideas. Visit sjchilds.org to learn more about our mission, find resources, and connect with our growing community. Catch us on platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Goodpods—or tune in Fridays at 8:30 AM EDT on the Helium Radio Network’s Life Improvement Radio (Channel 1). Together, let’s foster a brighter, more inclusive world! 🌟 Go here to download training materials! https://sjchilds.myshopify.com/
Show episodes
Episode 333-Beauty and the Beast, Rewired: Autism, Authorship, and a Bold Retelling with Author Bria Rose
Send us a text A candid, joyful talk with author Bria Rose about flipping Beauty and the Beast on its head, managing perfectionism as autistic creatives, and building momentum as an indie author through outreach, edits, and community. We share practical steps for starting, finishing, and promoting a book while keeping
Episode 332-Teach the heart to speak: colors, capes, and the quiet power of parental intuition with Constance Lewis
Send us a text A dream, a diagnosis, and a blueprint for calmer families—this conversation with Constance Lewis traces how a sudden medical crisis turned into a playful, powerful tool for emotional regulation. When her son Miles began having grand mal seizures at four, Constance and her husband Andre (a pediatric denti
Episode 331-From Isolation to Inclusion: A Mother’s Policy Path on Autism, Advocacy, and Work with Carol Waldman
Send us a text The conversation starts with a memory many families know too well: an early checkup, a handful of red flags, and years of whispered support plans. From there, we move into motion—Carol Waldman shares how a lonely path through therapies and IEPs grew into public advocacy, culminating in a unanimous San Di
Episode 330-Autistic Techie at Work: Self-Advocacy, AI, and Real-Life Boundaries with Shea Belsky
Send us a text What if the most powerful support is simply letting people try? That’s the thread we follow with guest Shea Belsky—autistic self-advocate, software engineering tech lead, and host of Autistic Techie—through a candid tour of early supports, hard-won boundaries, and the everyday tactics that make work and
Episode 329-From Scans to Sunlight: Rethinking Autism Care with Dr. Theodore Henderson
Send us a text What if “treatment-resistant” isn’t about you—it’s about the tools? We sit down with Dr. Theodore Henderson, a neurobiologist and psychiatrist, to rethink brain care for autism, TBI, depression, anxiety, and long COVID through neuroplasticity, functional imaging, and smarter energy-based therapies. Inste
Episode 328-Farming Revolution: Regenerative Agriculture's Impact on Health, Autism and More with Mattieu Mehuys
Send us a text Dive deep into the fascinating world where regenerative agriculture meets human health with landscape architect and author Mattieu Mehuys. From his roots on a Belgian family farm to his current mission transforming farmland in the Azores, Mattieu shares how his personal journey through crisis became the