![[101] S8 E9: From psychiatric trauma to autistic joy: a journey of healing and self discovery](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Laura-Richmond-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 27 May, 2023 | Podcast episodes, Season 8
Laura Richmond is a writer and researcher from Southampton in the UK. Now 35, she was diagnosed autistic last year. She had an extremely difficult road to diagnosis. Social and emotional struggles in childhood led to her being in and out of the psychiatric system for...
![[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...
![[92] S7, Ep12: Fern Brady: Compassion for my autistic self: gender expectations, troubleshooting traits, and unmasking on TV](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Fern-Brady-EP92-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 10 Dec, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 7
Fern Brady is a comedian and writer born and raised in Bathgate in Scotland. Now in her 30s, she lives in London with her partner. Fern was a guest on the podcast back in the spring of 2021, soon after she was diagnosed autistic. Since then, she taken a deep dive...
![[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...
