![[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...
![[60] S5, Ep5: Autism and the intersection of culture, race and gender](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Suzanna-Chen-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 5 Feb, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Suzanna Chen was born in China and raised in Vancouver, Canada from the age of 9. She was diagnosed autistic in her final year of high school. She is now 18 and an undergraduate student at University College London in the UK. Standing at the intersection of gender,...
![[59] S5, Ep4: Getting an autism diagnosis while doing a PhD in autism and parenting an autistic child](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Gilly-McKeown-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 29 Jan, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Gilly McKeown is an autism researcher in Brisbane, Australia. Originally from Manchester in the UK, she is in her thirties and was diagnosed autistic in 2021, when she was already more than halfway through her PhD in autism. She also has suspected ADHD, and is a...
![[56] S5, Ep1: Sara Gibbs: From not fitting in, to finding a place in the world as an autistic woman](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sara-Gibbs-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 8 Jan, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Sara Gibbs has built a successful career, but also – like so many of us – experienced the challenges of being in the world as an autistic person. After enduring vicious bullying and social exclusion during her school days, and having some pretty horrendous...
