![[90] S7, Ep10: Burnouts, breakdowns and anxiety: a journey towards more supportive and sustainable work](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Dea-Neile-Hopton-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 26 Nov, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 7
Déa Neile-Hopton is a basket maker and artist. She is of mixed Jamaican and English heritage and grew up in the 1970s and 80s in York, England. Now 47, she lives in Whitland in Wales, with her partner and three neurodivergent children. She is self diagnosed autistic...
![[70] S6, Ep3: ‘Not autistic enough’: disability discrimination and intersectionality](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Aishah-Nyeta-cover-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 28 May, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 6
Aishah-Nyeta is an advocate for climate, race, and disability justice from Virginia in the USA. She says she grew up feeling ‘stupid’ and different from her peers due to her dyscalculia and the social challenges of her undiagnosed autism. Now 25, she was diagnosed...
![[65] S5, Ep10: Equity for autistic people in recruitment and the workplace – and hearing the voices of all autistic people](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Nesceda-Blake-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 12 Mar, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Nesceda Blake is a performing arts producer and creative energiser from Melbourne, Australia. In a bit of a departure from my usual guests, she was diagnosed very early, at just three years old. I found her insights as an early diagnosed woman fascinating – and...
![[62] S5, Ep7: Autism assessment and diagnosis, and ungendering the diagnostic process](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Victoria-Ellen-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 19 Feb, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Victoria is an autistic blogger and PhD student from Manchester in the UK. Diagnosed autistic aged 25, she started an Instagram account and blog called ‘Actually Aspling’ the same year, in 2017. She also has dyslexia, dyspraxia, epilepsy and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,...
![[61] S5, Ep6: Empowering labels, navigating relationships and advocating for neurodivergent and disabled people](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Marie-Ralph-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 12 Feb, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Marie Ralph is an autistic, disabled single mum to two neurodivergent sons. She is 48 and was diagnosed five years ago. She lives in Newquay, Cornwall in the UK, where as well as being a full time carer, she is Director of Youth Art Connect and Cornwall Tourettes and...
