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...
![116 [S9 E11] Rekindling our dimmed spark and reclaiming autistic joy](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Dani-Rodwell-1080x675.jpg)
by Laura Shakesby | 30 Mar, 2024 | Podcast episodes, Season 9
Dani Rodwell is a licensed Clinical Social Worker, therapist, and Co-founder of NeuroSpark Health. She lives in New Jersey, USA. She has worked in the field of autism and neurodevelopmental conditions for over 7 years – including working with neurodivergent...
![112 [S9 E7] Why the system is thwarting autistic people: reimagining neurodivergent health – with Dr Mel Houser](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Dr-Mel-Houser-wide-artwork-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 2 Mar, 2024 | Podcast episodes, Season 9
Dr Mel Houser is a family physician in Montpelier, Vermont in the United States, with a clinical focus on providing medical care for neurodivergent patients across the lifespan. Now 40, she was diagnosed autistic two years ago, following a burnout – and at the...
![[100] S8 E8: A sense of purpose: finding our own path and place in the world as autistic adults](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rosie-Smith-wide-artwortk-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 20 May, 2023 | Podcast episodes, Season 8
Rosie Smith is the owner of a non-profit radical bookshop in Canton in Cardiff, just a couple of miles from where I live. Now 32, she grew up just outside Cardiff with her mum and sister. Leaving school at 16 due to anxiety, eating disorders and mental health issues,...
![[96] S8 E4: Safety, community and representation for Black and minority ethnic / global majority autistic people](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Naomi-Clarke-wide-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 22 Apr, 2023 | Podcast episodes, Season 8
Naomi Clarke is a freelance writer, community mentor, fundraiser and Human Design reader. She self diagnosed as autistic around two years ago, but due to inequality in the medical system has so far not been able to get a formal diagnosis. She describes herself as an...
