Adulting with Autism

April Ratchford

Booking Overview

Interview-led neurodiversity and adult-life advice show featuring autism and ADHD experts, advocates, clinicians, and neurodivergent adults with substantial professional or personal expertise. Credible pitches include psychologists, occupational or behavioral health professionals, inclusion advocates, neurodivergent founders, and creatives with meaningful work or lived-experience perspectives; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 350

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 6.0k subscribers

Instagram: 72 followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

adultingwithautism.podcast@outlook.com

aratchford76@hotmail.com

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Host

April Ratchford - Autistic occupational therapist, autism advocate, author, and executive contributor to Brainz Magazine.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Clinical or behavioral-health expertise, autism or ADHD advocacy, inclusion leadership, or an established career as a neurodivergent entrepreneur, creative, or professional with relevant lived experience.

Required Achievements:

Founded or led an organization, consultancy, or community initiative, Published or forthcoming authorial work, Established clinical, educational, advocacy, or leadership experience, Created a substantive film, game, or other creative project

Recent Guest Discussions

Jennifer Dantzler - Community Inclusion, Accessibility, Employer Training, Transition Planning, And The Adult Autism Service Cliff.

Dr. Christopher Barker - Complex Trauma, Attachment, Shame, Nervous-system Regulation, Boundaries, And Overlap Among Autism, ADHD, Anxiety, And Burnout.

Julio Santi - Autism Discovery, Grief, Creative Careers, Indie Game Development, Self-employment, Marketing, And Neurodivergent Creativity.

Ammarah Ahmed - Neurodivergent Women In Leadership, Masking, Entrepreneurship, Systems Thinking, User Experience, And Business Growth.

Recent Topics

Autism, Neurodiversity, Adhd, Executive Function, Mental Health

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Adulting with Autism

Autistic Employment: Stop Building a Career You Have to Survive

September 13, 2026

Welcome to Episode 350 of Adulting with Autism. This episode was supposed to come out Saturday. It is Sunday. I know how calendars work. Life happened, work happened, exhaustion happened, and I decided I would rather give you an episode where I could form complete sentences than force myself to publish something just because it was technically on time. And honestly? Grace is part of adulting too. Today, I'm talking about employment—specifically the difference between hating your career and...

Adulting With Autism: Nobody Gave Us the Syllabus

September 09, 2026

Nobody actually teaches you how to become an adult. We spend 18 years telling kids to go to school, pass their classes, graduate, maybe go to college, maybe get a job—and then suddenly everybody says, "Fly little birdie." Except adulthood is not a single task. It is one giant group project with invisible rules, unclear expectations, healthcare paperwork, money decisions, grocery lists, transportation plans, insurance, appointments, laundry, subscriptions, and a whole lot of "How the hell wa...

Neurodivergent Talent Is the Future of Work with Dr. Bonnee Price-Linden

September 07, 2026

What if neurodivergent talent is not a workplace problem to accommodate—but one of the most underused sources of creativity, innovation, and future-ready thinking? In this episode of Adulting with Autism, I talk with Dr. Bonnee Price-Linden, a pediatric neuropsychologist, neurodiversity consultant, and founder of Burch Price & Associates. Dr. Linden has spent more than 30 years supporting children, families, schools, universities, and organizations around autism, ADHD, learning differences, ...

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aratchford76@hotmail.com

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