![[87] S7, Ep7: Autism in mental health services: the experience of a late diagnosed autistic mental health nurse](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Jacqui-ORiordan-Season-7-1080x675.jpg)
by Lynne Kerr | 5 Nov, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 7
Jacqui O’Riordan is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner from Harrogate, North Yorkshire in the UK. She has worked as a mental health nurse for almost 20 years, including working in a secure unit with chronically ill patients. She has worked in crisis assessment with...
![[86] S7, Ep6: Narrative therapy: reflections on an autistic experience of mental health inpatient services](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Alexis-Quinn-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 29 Oct, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 7
Alexis Quinn is a mother, author, educator and former teacher who spent three and a half years in inpatient services following a mental health breakdown in her mid twenties. 14 months into this period, aged 27, she was diagnosed autistic by chance, when an Autism...
![[80] Bonus: Grief and validation: repairing the damage of autistic masking and finding a sense of self](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Aisha-Edwards-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 13 Aug, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 6
Aisha Edwards is a somatic trauma therapist, podcaster and writer from Vancouver, Washington, USA, and was diagnosed autistic last year, aged 39. Somatic trauma therapy is a body-centred approach to treating post-traumatic stress disorder that rather than focusing...
![[74] S6, Ep7: Finding the right fit: autism, health and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Elizabeth-Williams-2-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 25 Jun, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 6
Elizabeth Williams is an acupuncturist from South Carolina, USA. She is 43 and was diagnosed autistic just a few months ago, in February this year. Like me, she started out her career as a teacher, before switching to acupuncture, which she says is a much better fit...
![[66] S5, Ep11: A life-saving autism diagnosis: BPD, eating disorders and an autistic experience of the mental health system](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Chloe_Slater-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 19 Mar, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Content warning: Chloe and I cover some challenging topics in this episode, including eating disorders, self harm, medical trauma, suicidal ideation and suicide. So if you would rather not hear about these topics, you might not want to listen to this one. Chloe Slater...
