![[86] S7, Ep6: Narrative therapy: reflections on an autistic experience of mental health inpatient services](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Alexis-Quinn-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 29 Oct, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 7
Alexis Quinn is a mother, author, educator and former teacher who spent three and a half years in inpatient services following a mental health breakdown in her mid twenties. 14 months into this period, aged 27, she was diagnosed autistic by chance, when an Autism...
![[85] S7, Ep5: Autistic motherhood: working through the overwhelm of birth and parenting](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Sanna-Ostergren-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 22 Oct, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 7
Sanna Östergren is a writer and literary translator from Sweden. She lives in the countryside with her husband and their two-year-old son, where she also runs a small independent publishing company. She realised she was autistic about a year ago, when the overwhelm of...
![[82] S7, Ep2: God as a special interest: deconstructing religious identity as a newly identified autistic](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/D-L-Mayfield-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 1 Oct, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 7
D.L. Mayfield is a freelance writer from Portland, USA. She has written for Christian publications in the US for over 10 years, and is the author of several books, the latest of which, Unruly Saint, explores the life and work of the late American journalist, social...
![[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 | Bonus Episodes, Podcast episodes, Season 6
Aisha Edwards is a somatic trauma therapist, podcaster and writer from Vancouver, Washington, USA, 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...
![[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...
