![[104] S8 E12: Permission slip: embracing an authentically autistic life with no blueprint](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Gem-Kennedy-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 17 Jun, 2023 | Podcast episodes, Season 8
Gem Kennedy is a Coach and podcaster from Essex in the UK. They are non-binary and queer, and self identified as autistic and ADHD last year, at 35. They are a Transformational Coach, facilitator and advocate, supporting neurodivergent and queer folk, present a...
![[92] S7, Ep12: Fern Brady: Compassion for my autistic self: gender expectations, troubleshooting traits, and unmasking on TV](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Fern-Brady-EP92-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 10 Dec, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 7
Fern Brady is a comedian and writer born and raised in Bathgate in Scotland. Now in her 30s, she lives in London with her partner. Fern was a guest on the podcast back in the spring of 2021, soon after she was diagnosed autistic. Since then, she taken a deep dive...
![[89] S7, Ep9: ‘Outsider’ identities: the intertwining of gender, sexuality and autism](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Kelly-McCartney-epsiode-art-V2-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 19 Nov, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 7
Kelly McCartney is a music journalist from Rhode Island, USA. She is 52 and self-diagnosed as autistic in April of 2022. She has turned a life-long special interest in music into an incredibly varied, 30-year career in almost every area of the music industry,...
![[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...
