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by Laura Shakesby | 13 Jun, 2026 | Podcast episodes, Season 11
Phoebe Taylor is a Canadian writer and artist whose work attempts to translate the experience of autism from the inside out. ‘Fired from every job she ever had’, she decided to explore self employment during the pandemic. Now 32, she was formally identified as...
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by Laura Shakesby | 6 Apr, 2024 | Podcast episodes, Season 9
Rose Matthews is an Autism Researcher, peer reviewer, consultant, presenter, trainer, and writer from Durham in the UK. Now 64, they first realised they might be autistic at 58 – and finally ‘found the answer to a lifetime of confusion’. Their long journey to...
![109 [S9 E4] Little glimpses underneath the mask: unravelling people-pleasing and imposter syndrome](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Gemma-Gray-wide-artwork--1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 13 Jan, 2024 | Podcast episodes, Season 9
Gemma Gray is a strategic marketing consultant from Edinburgh in Scotland. She left her long-term role following a burnout two years ago and became self-employed. She is a parent to an autistic daughter, and was diagnosed herself in March this year, aged 46. Still in...
![[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...
![[93] S8, E1: Sport and fitness the autistic way: from not fitting in to feeling like a superhero](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Mandy-Williams-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 1 Apr, 2023 | Podcast episodes, Season 8
Mandy Williams is a Volunteer Coordinator with Scottish Women’s Autism and a competitive athlete. Originally from Manchester in the UK, she now lives in Stirling in Scotland. She was diagnosed autistic two years ago, aged 45. She is passionate about exercise, and her...
