Autism, ADHD and Us Three · Guest sheet
You're in. Here's everything worth knowing.
You've said yes to coming on the podcast, which means at some point soon you'll be sitting in front of a camera wondering whether your internet is about to betray you. This page exists so that between now and then, nothing about the process is a mystery. Keep the link, come back whenever.
About the show
Autism, ADHD and Us Three is hosted by Jenny Lucas, a late diagnosed autistic and ADHD adult, and it's been running since January 2024. The people listening are late diagnosed adults working out who they've been all along, parents raising neurodivergent kids in the ways that work for their family rather than the ways everyone insists they should, and plenty of people who are both at once. Honest conversations, no experts talking down to anyone.
It's a conversation, not an interview. You'll have had a preview of the kinds of questions Jenny might ask, but the best episodes wander off the map, and that's encouraged. There's no script and nobody expects a polished performance. The listeners can smell polish a mile off anyway.
Before recording day
Book your recording slot using the link in your email, and if you haven't already, send back the answers to the few questions we asked. That's genuinely it. You don't need to prepare notes, though you're welcome to have some open if that helps you think.
On recording day
We record on Riverside, a browser based video studio. Your email has the studio link. Here's exactly what happens when you click it:
- Riverside opens in your browser. Use Chrome or Edge on a computer if you can. On a phone, download the Riverside app first.
- You'll arrive in a lobby where it checks your camera and microphone before you join.
- When the checks pass, you join Jenny in the studio and you'll have a few minutes to settle in before recording starts.
- The recording itself runs 25 to 45 minutes, but set aside an hour in case tech has opinions.
- When you finish, stay in the studio for a few minutes. Riverside uploads your audio and video after the recording ends, and leaving early can cut it off. Jenny will tell you when it's safe to go.
What you need: headphones (this one is non negotiable, without them the recording echoes), a quiet-ish space, stable internet and enough light to see your face.
Nothing is live. If you say something and immediately wish you hadn't, say "cut that bit" and it goes. You can redo an answer, take a break, or start a story again. All of it is normal and none of it survives the edit.
Comfort and access
Most of our guests are neurodivergent, and this studio is built accordingly. So, for the record: you can fidget, stim, look away from the camera, pause as long as you need, keep notes open and bring your drink of choice. Nobody here needs you to mask, and the conversation will be better if you don't.
Before recording, tell Jenny about anything that would make the hour work better for you: sensory stuff, topics you'd rather not touch, questions you want in advance, whatever it is. And you can change your mind about any topic at any point during the conversation, including ones you said yes to earlier. A one line email or a word on the day is all it takes.
Got something to promote?
If you've got a book, a course, a programme or a community, bring it. It won't be the focus of the episode, but there's always time at the end, and Jenny usually asks where people can find you. Have your links ready and we'll put them in the show notes.
After we record
Jenny edits each episode herself, using her judgement on what makes the best conversation for listeners. Guests don't review the episode before release, and that's part of what you agreed to when you applied. What you will get, before the episode is even out, is a folder of short clips from your conversation, and a message when the episode is published.
Once it's out, those clips go on Jenny's Audhdistically Me social channels: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn. If you gave us your Instagram handle and said yes to collaboration, clip posts are shared with you as a collaborator on Instagram, which puts them on your profile too. Instagram is the only platform where tagging happens.
Sharing your episode is welcome and never expected. You gave us your time and your story. That's the contribution. If you do fancy sharing, the clips folder makes it a thirty second job.
The formal bits
When you applied to be on the podcast, you agreed to a set of terms on the form. Here's what they mean in plain English, plus how Jenny actually handles things day to day.
- Recording and use. You've consented to being recorded, voice and face included, and to Audhdistically Me using, editing and distributing that recording in any format, on any platform, for promotional, educational and commercial purposes, without payment either way.
- Ownership. The recorded material belongs to Audhdistically Me, worldwide and without time limits.
- Editorial discretion. Episodes are edited for length and flow at Jenny's sole discretion, and occasionally a recording may not be published at all. Editing is never used to misrepresent you.
- Accuracy. You've confirmed that what you share is true to the best of your knowledge and doesn't tread on anyone else's rights.
- Confidentiality. Anything non-public discussed around the recording stays private until it's officially released.
- AI helps behind the scenes. Transcripts, captions and clip text are produced with AI assistance and checked, but mistakes can slip through. Spot one? Tell us and it gets corrected.
- Changed your mind about something you said? During recording and editing, just ask and it's gone. After publication, get in touch and specific bits can usually be edited out of the episode and clips. Whole episodes stay published as part of the show's back catalogue except in exceptionally extenuating circumstances. Nobody can recall copies already downloaded or re-shared elsewhere, so no removal can unpublish the internet.