![[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...
![[99] S8 E7: Finding freedom after autism diagnosis and embodying the spirit of our unmasked selves](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Kay-Aldred-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 13 May, 2023 | Podcast episodes, Season 8
Kay Louise Aldred is a writer, facilitator, teacher, mentor, and resource creator from North Yorkshire in the UK. Now 49, she was diagnosed autistic quite recently, last November. A former teacher, just like me she suffered burnout, left her career and became self...
![[95] S8 E3: Shelving the quest for normal: reframing, regulating, and removing the stigma from autism](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Ebonie-Allard-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 15 Apr, 2023 | Podcast episodes, Season 8
Ebonie Allard is an award-winning International Master Coach, an author, and an artist. Now in her early 40s, she was mostly raised in the UK, but before she was seven years old she had lived in a house truck, on a commune, in France, New Zealand, Ireland, and...
![[94] S8 E2: The sensory and social challenges of fitting into a new culture as an autistic adult](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Karawynn-Long-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 8 Apr, 2023 | Podcast episodes, Season 8
Karawynn Long is an American writer and proofreader living in Mexico. Now 52, she had what she describes as her ‘Autism epiphany’ just over three years ago, a few months before her fiftieth birthday. She is self identified as autistic, partly due to formal assessments...
![[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...
