![[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...
![[98] S8 E6: The fight for equity in education and work: an inspiring story of autistic self advocacy](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rosie-Weldon-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 6 May, 2023 | Podcast episodes, Season 8
Rosie Weldon is a Senior Financial Analyst and author whose memoir, ‘My Autistic Fight Song’, tells the story of how she fought to get her accountancy degree and find her place in the world of work, despite her struggles with mental and physical health and the...
![[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...
