![131 [S10 E3] Working at the edge of what we know: autism, trauma and identity](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dr-Stephanie-Aspin-episode-art-1-1080x675.jpg)
by Laura Shakesby | 16 Aug, 2025 | Podcast episodes, Season 10
My guest today is Dr Stephanie Aspin – a therapist, educator, and writer in her late 50s, based in Norwich, UK. Originally from Willesden in London, her background in a multicultural, working-class community has shaped how she thinks about ableism and...
by Amy Richards | 3 May, 2025 | 2025 eps, Podcast episodes
Elinor Trier describes herself as a “Sparkly Champion of Neurodivergent and Queer Joy”. She’s a neuroqueer AuDHD artist, writer, podcaster, YouTuber, and founder of Elinor Trier Studio, where she creates artwork that reminds us that we’re not the ‘odd one...
![111 [S9 E6] A magnet pulling me out of darkness: thinking through my body into autistic expression](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Dana-Michel-artwork-wide-1-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 27 Jan, 2024 | Podcast episodes, Season 9
Dana Michel is a live performance artist and choreographer in Montreal, Canada, where she creates experiences based on a mixture of improvisation, choreography, hip-hop, cinematography, techno, poetry and social commentary. Now 47, she self identified as autistic in...
![109 [S9 E4] Little glimpses underneath the mask: unravelling people-pleasing and imposter syndrome](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Gemma-Gray-wide-artwork--1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 13 Jan, 2024 | Podcast episodes, Season 9
Gemma Gray is a strategic marketing consultant from Edinburgh in Scotland. She left her long-term role following a burnout two years ago and became self-employed. She is a parent to an autistic daughter, and was diagnosed herself in March this year, aged 46. Still in...
![108 [S9 E3] Told I couldn’t be autistic: BPD misdiagnosis, mental health negligence and finally getting justice](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Naomi-Ghafoor-artwork-wide-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 6 Jan, 2024 | Podcast episodes, Season 9
Naomi Ghafoor is a mental health activist who has spent over a decade battling the mental healthcare system and dealing with misdiagnoses, negligence and systemic abuse, which recently led to her suing her NHS mental health trust earlier this year. Now 26, she works...
