![[63] S5, Ep8: Intersecting identities, neurodivergent families, and inclusion, leadership and representation at work](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Kira-Young-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 26 Feb, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Kira Young is a Native American poet, philosopher, activist and singer from Virginia, USA. She is 52 and was formally diagnosed very recently, after self diagnosing last year. She has held various different roles, both in corporations and the US Government, but her...
![[62] S5, Ep7: Autism assessment and diagnosis, and ungendering the diagnostic process](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Victoria-Ellen-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 19 Feb, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Victoria is an autistic blogger and PhD student from Manchester in the UK. Diagnosed autistic aged 25, she started an Instagram account and blog called ‘Actually Aspling’ the same year, in 2017. She also has dyslexia, dyspraxia, epilepsy and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,...
![[61] S5, Ep6: Empowering labels, navigating relationships and advocating for neurodivergent and disabled people](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Marie-Ralph-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 12 Feb, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Marie Ralph is an autistic, disabled single mum to two neurodivergent sons. She is 48 and was diagnosed five years ago. She lives in Newquay, Cornwall in the UK, where as well as being a full time carer, she is Director of Youth Art Connect and Cornwall Tourettes and...
![[60] S5, Ep5: Autism and the intersection of culture, race and gender](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Suzanna-Chen-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 5 Feb, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Suzanna Chen was born in China and raised in Vancouver, Canada from the age of 9. She was diagnosed autistic in her final year of high school. She is now 18 and an undergraduate student at University College London in the UK. Standing at the intersection of gender,...
![[59] S5, Ep4: Getting an autism diagnosis while doing a PhD in autism and parenting an autistic child](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Gilly-McKeown-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 29 Jan, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Gilly McKeown is an autism researcher in Brisbane, Australia. Originally from Manchester in the UK, she is in her thirties and was diagnosed autistic in 2021, when she was already more than halfway through her PhD in autism. She also has suspected ADHD, and is a...
![[58] S5, Ep3: Women’s health, intergenerational autism and giving language to the autistic experience](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Lucy-Pearce-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 22 Jan, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Lucy Pearce is an author, artist and publisher from East Cork in Ireland. She is 41, and when she was 37 she, her mother and her daughter were all diagnosed autistic within 6 months of each other. Lucy is the author of ten non-fiction books for women, focusing on...
