![[71] S6, Ep4: Resculpting our lives post-diagnosis: autism, art and connecting with ourselves and each other](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Heather-Peak-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 4 Jun, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 6
Heather Peak is an artist who lives near Hay on Wye in the UK. She came from a working class background, and was discouraged from making a career as an artist, but decided to go to art school in Brighton where she found a place she finally felt she fit. Now 48, she...
![[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...
![[53] S4, Ep10: Getting a teen autism diagnosis, social and sensory issues, and finding success at school and college](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Kelly-Coons-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 30 Oct, 2021 | Podcast episodes, Season 4
Kelly Coons was diagnosed autistic as a teenager, and at 20 is her both my youngest guest to date and my only guest so far to have been diagnosed in childhood. She lives in the United States and is a prize-winning fourth year English student at Smith College, a...
![[50] S4, Ep7: Autism, feminism and sexuality: reflections on an undiagnosed life](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Carolyn-Gage-2-1080x675.png)
by Amy Richards | 9 Oct, 2021 | Podcast episodes, Season 4
Carolyn Gage is a American playwright, performer, director, and activist. She was diagnosed autistic last year, at the age of 68. She is the author of twelve books and close to 90 lesbian and feminist themed plays, and her work is widely published and performed. She...
![[49] S4, Ep6: Out of place everywhere: communication, community and coming to terms with autism](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sophie-Adamkiewicz-1080x675.png)
by Amy Richards | 2 Oct, 2021 | Podcast episodes, Season 4
Sophie Adamkiewicz was born in Poland, but was brought up in Germany after her mother emigrated there when the Berlin wall fell, and she says that she has felt like an outsider all her life. At the time of our rerecording she was living in Ireland, but was...
