![[99] S8 E7: Finding freedom after autism diagnosis and embodying the spirit of our unmasked selves](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Kay-Aldred-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 13 May, 2023 | Podcast episodes, Season 8
Kay Louise Aldred is a writer, facilitator, teacher, mentor, and resource creator from North Yorkshire in the UK. Now 49, she was diagnosed autistic quite recently, last November. A former teacher, just like me she suffered burnout, left her career and became self...
![[94] S8 E2: The sensory and social challenges of fitting into a new culture as an autistic adult](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Karawynn-Long-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 8 Apr, 2023 | Podcast episodes, Season 8
Karawynn Long is an American writer and proofreader living in Mexico. Now 52, she had what she describes as her ‘Autism epiphany’ just over three years ago, a few months before her fiftieth birthday. She is self identified as autistic, partly due to formal assessments...
![[90] S7, Ep10: Burnouts, breakdowns and anxiety: a journey towards more supportive and sustainable work](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Dea-Neile-Hopton-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 26 Nov, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 7
Déa Neile-Hopton is a basket maker and artist. She is of mixed Jamaican and English heritage and grew up in the 1970s and 80s in York, England. Now 47, she lives in Whitland in Wales, with her partner and three neurodivergent children. She is self diagnosed autistic...
![[88] S7, Ep8: Making art out of darkness: self acceptance, resilience and radical unmasking as an autistic counsellor](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Audrey-Mitchell-2022-1080x675.jpg)
by Lynne Kerr | 12 Nov, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 7
Audrey Mitchell is a counsellor with a private practise in Idaho, USA. She was diagnosed autistic in 2020, around the same time as her teenage daughter, and the last two years have been a time of processing and learning to accept herself as she is, and unmask in both...
![[87] S7, Ep7: Autism in mental health services: the experience of a late diagnosed autistic mental health nurse](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Jacqui-ORiordan-Season-7-1080x675.jpg)
by Lynne Kerr | 5 Nov, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 7
Jacqui O’Riordan is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner from Harrogate, North Yorkshire in the UK. She has worked as a mental health nurse for almost 20 years, including working in a secure unit with chronically ill patients. She has worked in crisis assessment with...
