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The Squarepeg Podcast

Dec 5, 2020

Hannah Cross is a writer and a student at York St John University, studying Creative Writing and Media. She is 29 and was diagnosed autistic very recently, just last month.

Her writing includes novels, short stories, memoir, articles, and poetry. She has resumed her education a little later in life, after experiencing...


Nov 28, 2020

Artist and writer Charlotte Amelia Poe says they were diagnosed autistic ‘by complete fluke’ when they were 21, after suffering for years with anxiety. In 2018, they won the inaugural Spectrum Art Award with their video piece, How To Be Autistic, and they went on to publish their first book under the same title...


Nov 21, 2020

Sarah Boon was diagnosed autistic last year, at the age of 24, and was diagnosed with ADHD this year. She initially self diagnosed, after assessments during her childhood failed to diagnose her.

She lives in Surrey in the UK, is a former TEFL teacher, and has recently completed an MA in Psychology of Education. She...


Nov 14, 2020

Audrey Mitchell discovered she was autistic while in the process of getting a diagnosis for her teenage daughter. She lives in Idaho, USA, where she works in private practice as a counsellor. She’s also a writer. 

She’s experienced plenty of adversity in life, and struggled to establish herself in adulthood due to...


Nov 7, 2020

Rachel Stelmach was diagnosed autistic in her 40s. She works for a disability arts organisation here in Wales, where she works with disabled artists in the fields of Creative Technology and Combined Arts. She’s also a Disability Equality and Mental Health First Aid trainer. 

Her career has included launching her own...