Jess Hendrickx is the owner of Hendrickx Associates, a company that provides non-clinical autism assessments and support for autistic young people and adults. Jess was diagnosed herself in 2018, aged 30.
![[23] S2, Ep11: Autistic adults and children in therapy: attitudes and approaches](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Deborah-Cullinan-400x250.png)
Deborah Cullinan is a psychotherapist in her early 60s, working in a busy CAMHS clinic (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) in Hertfordshire in the UK.
Tara was diagnosed autistic last year, after a conversation with her husband prompted some research into autism. She is 49 and lives in the northern United States, where she works as an visual artist and online education coordinator. Her childhood was unusual, and she...
![[21] S2, Ep9: Getting the right diagnosis: from borderline personality disorder to autism](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Beth-Rees-2-400x250.png)
Beth Rees is currently waiting for her autism assessment after being initially diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. She’s a mental health blogger in her thirties, and lives in Caerphilly in South Wales, where she also works for a local charity. She’s hoping...
Hannah Smith is 43 and was diagnosed last year - and her husband and two daughters are also autistic. She lives in Hertfordshire in the UK, where she unschools her children at home, while also running her own face and body art business. She recently trained to be a...
![[19] S2, Ep7: Empathy, feeling ‘alien’ and being fluent in Neurotypical: being an autistic counsellor](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Max-Marnau-400x250.png)
Max Marnau is an autistic counsellor in her sixties. She realised she was autistic seven years ago, and was diagnosed in 2019. She was born in London, the daughter of Austro-Hungarian Jews who escaped Nazi persecution just before World War 2. She now lives in the...
Noheli Rosas is 28 and was recently diagnosed, after first recognising she might be autistic two years ago. She lives in Puerto Rico in the Caribbean, where she runs her own eco salon specialising in henna body art, ayurvedic hair care and incense making. Her salon...
My guest today is 30 and was diagnosed autistic about five years ago. She is Indian-American and lives in the US, where she works full time in tech and also as a freelance writer, after spending years moving quickly between different jobs. She has experienced various...
Ella Pitt is 26 and was diagnosed autistic very recently. They’re an English Literature graduate with a first class honours degree and they live and work in Brixton, London, in the UK. They also have a blog and write poetry. They struggled with an eating disorder in...
Sophie Longley is an English teacher and reading specialist. She was diagnosed autistic in 2020, aged 28 and is based in Singapore, where she works with children with reading difficulties. She has spent the last four years living and working in Asia, after suffering...
Megan is 27 and was diagnosed autistic three years ago. No one ever suspected she might be autistic as a child, and she first realised she might be when she experienced some mental health breakdowns at university. She now lives in West Sussex, UK, where she is the...
![[13] S2, Ep1: The physical side of autism: health, hormones and hypersensitivity](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Alyssa-Washington-3-400x250.png)
Alyssa Washington is 31 and was diagnosed autistic in November. Originally from Canada, she now lives in South East Asia, where she runs her own business as a coach, speaker and author. Growing up, she suffered with numerous health conditions, anxiety and depression...
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