![[80] Bonus: Grief and validation: repairing the damage of autistic masking and finding a sense of self](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Aisha-Edwards-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 13 Aug, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 6
Aisha Edwards is a somatic trauma therapist, podcaster and writer from Vancouver, Washington, and was diagnosed autistic last year, aged 39. Somatic trauma therapy is a body-centred approach to treating post-traumatic stress disorder that rather than focusing only on...
![[77] S6, Ep10: Burnout, survival and feeling stuck: the intersection of autism, privilege and poverty](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Alma-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 16 Jul, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 6
Alma is an unemployed forager, food designer, artist, craftswoman and permaculture gardener from the Netherlands. She was diagnosed autistic in 2019 after self identifying the year before; she has also since been diagnosed with ADHD. When her then undiagnosed autistic...
![[68] S6, Ep1: Writing it out: autism and shame, memory, sexuality and self expression](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Amy-Lee-Lillard-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 14 May, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 6
Amy Lee Lillard is co-host of a feminist book podcast, and also an author; her first book, Dig Me Out, a collection of short stories, was published in 2021. Now 44, she lives in Des Moines, Iowa in the USA and was diagnosed autistic just last year. She wrote her book...
![[67] S5, Ep12: The vibrant neurodiversity movement: marginalisation, diversity and equity in the autistic community](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Rhonda-Moore-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 26 Mar, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Rhonda Moore is a medical anthropologist in her early 50s. After self diagnosing as autistic in 2019, she was formally diagnosed the following year. She spent her childhood in Chicago, USA, and now lives in Bethesda, Maryland, where she is Program Director in Global...
![[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...
