# Crucial Issues and Future Directions in Autism and Neurodiversity, with SJ Childs Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/uniquely-human-the-podcast-1368945/crucial-issues-and-future-directions-in-autism-and-neurodiversity-with-sj-childs Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/uniquely-human-the-podcast-1368945/crucial-issues-and-future-directions-in-autism-and-neurodiversity-with-sj-childs.md Podcast: [Uniquely Human: The Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/uniquely-human-the-podcast-1368945) Published: 2026-04-10T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/fc81968e-6e4b-4649-ae76-81158a1b31a0.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/fc81968e-6e4b-4649-ae76-81158a1b31a0.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/uniquely-human-the-podcast-1368945/episodes/crucial-issues-and-future-directions-in-autism-and-neurodiversity-with-sj-childs Duration seconds: 2544 ## Resource EPISODE 155 CRUCIAL ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN AUTISM AND NEURODIVERSITY: A DISCUSSION WITH AUTISTIC PARENT-PROFESSIONAL SARA BRADFORD (AKA SJ CHILDS) Sarah Bradford (aka SJ Childs)   is a parent professional, who has a wide range of contact with the autistic and neurodivergent community through her more than 600 interviews in her podcast and annual summits. Barry and Dave discuss a range of issues with her to tap into her knowledge-base and the ability she has to have a thumb on the pulse of areas of need, as well as future directions in supporting the community she is immersed in as a parent and professional. Learn more on our website See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/uniquely-human-the-podcast-1368945/episodes/crucial-issues-and-future-directions-in-autism-and-neurodiversity-with-sj-childs/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/uniquely-human-the-podcast-1368945/crucial-issues-and-future-directions-in-autism-and-neurodiversity-with-sj-childs.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.