This podcast is a soft place to land for parents, educators, and neurodivergent adults who are tired of pathologising narratives and hungry for something real. Here, we unpack the messy middle: meltdowns, misdiagnoses, identity, advocacy, and what it means to truly belong using connection-based strategies that actually work and have a lasting impact.
Honest Conversations for Families with Autistic Children & Neurodivergent Life
The Attuned Spectrum Podcast
The Attuned Spectrum Podcast was born from the spaces I couldn’t find when I needed them most. This show exists to say the quiet parts out loud. To honour the complexity of raising Autistic children while navigating your own identity, grief, joy, and advocacy.
Each episode offers something many families never receive: understanding. Whether you’re processing a new diagnosis, unraveling systemic gaslighting, or just wondering if you’re the only one who feels this tired, this space is for you.
Where Families With Autistic Children Come to Feel Understood
Grab a cup of something warm, press play, and settle in. You’ve found your community.
Gentle reminders that you matter too
Real stories that reflect the beauty and mess of this path
Advocacy tools you can actually use in IEP meetings and everyday life
Permission to grieve, grow, and recalibrate without guilt
Clarity about what your child is experiencing without the clinical jargon
You’ll walk away with:
Expect Autistic self-advocates, neuro-affirming experts in the field, and families walking this path in their own sacred ways. Stay tuned for what’s next.
Plus, guest conversations are coming!
I didn’t plan to host a podcast. I planned to survive. Like many parents of Autistic children, I started out overwhelmed, exhausted, and desperate for answers that didn’t feel cold, clinical, or ingrained in deficit language. I’ve been the one googling symptoms at 2am, translating my child’s truth to schools that didn’t understand, and wondering if I was doing any of it right.
But over time, I found my footing and then my fire. On top of my existing knowledge base of psychology and early childhood education, I became a Certified Autism Specialist, trained in early Autism identification, and devoted myself to helping families navigate this journey they never planned to take. This podcast was born from that devotion.
The Attuned Spectrum Podcast exists to say the things that often go unsaid. To honour the nuance, the grief, the wonder, and the joy of parenting Autistic children. I’ll bring lived experience, research-backed tools, and transparent yet grounded conversations that meet you right where you are.
Chantal Hewitt, Family Autism Support Coach | Educator | Mother
Meet Your Host
Each bite-sized episode offers actionable solutions to real problems you can implement right now, validation, and a steady voice that reminds you: you’re not alone.
Subscribe now to receive the stories, tools, and support that could shift everything for your family, one attuned moment at a time.
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