Cheers to The People Who Helped Us Build The Sound of Autistic Culture

I was so focused on launching the Autistic Culture Podcast Network that I never stopped to give a proper public thank you to the sponsors, supporters, and organisations that helped us get here.

The Autistic Culture Podcast Network is now home to more than 25 Autistic-led shows, with more than 1 million podcast downloads and a community of more than 10,000 people.

None of that happens in isolation.

I was so focused on launching the Autistic Culture Podcast Network that I never stopped to give a proper public thank you to the sponsors, supporters, and organisations that helped us get here.

Then I saw SJ Childs doing such a beautiful job of celebrating the supporters of her 1 in 31 Connection Autism Summit and had one of those moments where I thought: Oh. Right. I should probably take a minute and do that too.

So, before I rush on to the next thing, I want to stop and say thank you to the following organizations.

Our Programming Partner: Neurodivergent by Design

Neurodivergent by Design believed in the vision of a network built around Autistic voices and Autistic culture. Their support has helped us develop programming across ACPN and build a home for more Autistic creators.

A programming partner supports the bigger picture: more voices, more shows, and more opportunities for Autistic-led media to grow.

Thank you, NDD, for believing in The Sound of Autistic Culture.

Supporting Grants: Zoom, VlogBrothers, Hatch, and NatWest

These organisations supported different parts of our development and growth.

Zoom has helped us connect, record, meet, collaborate, and build community across countries and time zones.

VlogBrothers gave us grant support at a moment when belief in this work mattered enormously.

Hatch has supported our development as a growing mission-led organisation and helped strengthen the business behind the mission.

NatWest has also invested in our growth and development, helping us build something designed to last.

Grant support is often invisible once the finished work reaches the public. The podcast episode appears in your feed. The event happens. The network launches. Behind all of that are people and organisations that gave an idea the resources and room to become real.

Thank you.

Our Show Supporters: Good Send, The Stashed Edit, and SJ Childs

Good Send, a Substack studio, supported our work and the kind of independent, creator-led media ecosystem we are building.

My sister’s company, The Stashed Edit, brought a creative, deeply personal approach to supporting Autistic-led storytelling and helped one of our shows keep reaching listeners.

And SJ Childs, whose work centres community, inclusion, and connection, has supported ACPN as a Show Supporter.

SJ, you also accidentally reminded me to write this post, so thank you twice.

Every Show Supporter helps keep a full season of Autistic-led podcasting on the air.

That means more stories shared. More creators heard. More people finding the episode that makes them stop and think, “Oh. Someone else gets it.”

And we still have one very big space open.

We are actively looking for a Presenting Underwriter for the Autistic Culture Podcast Network.

Your organisation could be here.

ACPN offers brands and organisations the chance to reach a deeply engaged, values-aligned audience of late-diagnosed Autistic adults, parents, educators, therapists, and neurodiversity-affirming professionals.

Podcast sponsorship offers something unusually personal.

Your message can be delivered by hosts listeners already trust. We match brands with the shows, voices, and audiences that genuinely fit. Sponsorship can extend across podcasts, show notes, the ACPN website, newsletters, social media, YouTube, and other network channels.

There are several ways to work with us:

Show Supporter: Sponsor a full season of one show.

Programming Partner: Reach multiple shows across the network through host-read advertising and wider ACPN visibility.

Presenting Underwriter: Become the exclusive presenting partner of the entire Autistic Culture Podcast Network.

So, if you run a business or organisation that could benefit from more exposure to a deeply engaged neurodivergent audience, I would love to talk.

And to everyone who has already supported us: thank you.

You helped keep our shows on the air, our hosts supported, and our community connected.

You helped us build The Sound of Autistic Culture.