![[43] S3, Ep12: Workplace challenges, burnout cycles and why autistic business owners are thriving online](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jo-Casey-400x250.png)
Jo Casey is a business coach for quirky, artisanal business owners (think coaches, healers and makers) who want to build a sustainable online business without any shiny, shouty nonsense. Jo is 49, lives in Manchester in the UK and was diagnosed autistic just a few...
![[42] S3, Ep11: Getting an autism diagnosis later in life, finding support and preparing for others’ reactions](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Wilma-Wake-400x250.png)
Wilma Wake was diagnosed autistic in her mid 60s. Now 74, she lives in Maine in the United States, where she is a licenced clinical social worker and retired ordained minister. Despite working with autistic people, she never thought she might be autistic herself until...
Luize is self diagnosed. She’s 26 and lives in Latvia, where an autism diagnosis is not available for adults. She briefly studied medicine at university, before switching to Sociology. She has spent time volunteering abroad with animal rights and environmental...
![[40] S3, Ep9: Body, brain and gender: an autistic experience](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Bernard-Grant-400x250.png)
Bernard Grant first identified as autistic in 2012, but it wasn’t until 2020, at the start of the pandemic, that they finally fully accepted this. Now 35, they are a writer and editor in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States, where they recently finished a PhD in...
Shell Parsons is a 39 year old autistic mum from Cheshire in the UK, who identifies as fitting the PDA profile. She is a certified Forest Bathing Guide and is training to become a Nature Therapy Practitioner. She believes that nature connection can help...
![[38] S3, Ep7: Raising and educating an autistic child as an autistic single parent](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lottie-Jones-2-400x250.png)
Lottie Jones was diagnosed as a result of her son being identified as autistic PDA in 2018, when he was eight. She is a single parent in her late thirties, and lives in Pembrokeshire in Wales, where she home educates her son, makes macramé and sells vintage items....
![[37] S3, Ep6: Synaesthesia, autism research and navigating employment](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Victoria-Evans-400x250.png)
Victoria Evans is a linguist and liberal politician from London. She received her autism diagnosis shortly after graduating university and now regularly takes part in autism and synaesthesia research studies. She believes that diversity of thought brings both social...
![[36] S3, Ep5: Making your own path: finding passion and purpose in work through special interests](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Corinne-Cariad-400x250.png)
Corinne Cariad is self diagnosed autistic and currently waiting for her assessment, but already has a diagnosis of ADHD. She’s 40 and lives in Pembrokeshire in Wales, where she is a consultant with a focus on third sector, food and education. Food has been a special...
![[35] S3, Ep4: ‘Coming out’ as autistic, coping with meltdowns and telling autistic stories through drama](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Samantha-Grierson-Schwartz-400x250.png)
Samantha Grierson Schwartz is a playwright and businesswoman, born in Yorkshire in the UK. She now splits her time between Glasgow, Rugby and London. Since being diagnosed autistic at 42, she has written a series of audio plays which deal with late autism diagnosis...
Georgia Davies is in her mid twenties and is currently awaiting her autism assessment after seeking help with her mental health following childbirth and the sensory challenges of parenting a small baby. She lives in Baglan, Port Talbot in South Wales where she works...
Vera was diagnosed autistic very recently. She is originally from the Czech Republic, and now lives in Bristol in the UK. She is a life coach in her 40s, with a background in mathematics and computer science, and describes herself as an extrovert whose special...
![[32] S3, Ep1: Fern Brady: autistic meltdowns, understanding emotions and being the ‘black sheep’](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Fern-Brady-SquarePeg-episode-400x250.png)
Scottish comedian Fern Brady is in her 30s and was diagnosed autistic after a series of meltdowns caused her to her seek answers.
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