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A Neurodivergent Rebel's Ramblings
by Lyric Holmans the NeuroDivergent Rebel
Rebelling against a culture that values assimilation over individuality. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neurodivergentrebel/support
Episodes
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S3, E1: 10 Strengths of NeuroDivergent People (That May Surprise You)
Today I’m BACK with my first long-format-video-essay in over a year. Due to how NeuroDivergent People’s struggles are often used to describe and define us (especially in medical contexts), our weaknesses too frequently overshadow our strengths. Patreon members, Facebook Supporters, and YouTube...
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S2, E37: When I said “There’s no such thing as severe Autism” most people missed the point.
I am Autistic, PLUS (On Twitter, I typed this out as shorthand Autism+ because of character limitations, and we made jokes it sounded like a video streaming service, like Disney+). This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E36: Autism & Choices: Why Making Decisions is Hard for Me as an Autistic Person
Often, rather than sorting through all the information required to make a choice. It is much simpler (in that moment) not to choose (which technically IS a choice), or go with a safe familiar option. This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E35: If an Autistic Person isn’t Currently Struggling “Are they still Autistic?”
On Twitter, there was an interesting discussion I dropped in on recently talking about the medical model of Autism and how, technically (under the medical model), to be defined as an Autistic Person in a medical context, you must be someone whose Autistic traits “cause clinically significant...
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S2, E34: NeuroDivergence, Surviving Capitalism as an Autistic ADHD Human, and Finding a Career Path that Works for YOU
NeuroDivergent people’s differences are cognitive and invisible and impact how we interpret the world, process information, and interact with others. Our differences also impact our strengths and weaknesses, what tasks and environments will drain us, and what tasks and environments will…
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S2, E33: NeuroDivergence Time & Hyperfocus – Managing Time & Hyperfocus as an NeuroDivervgent Person so it Doesn’t Ruin Your Life (an Autistic ADHD Perspective)
Our individual brains’ combination of NeuroTypes (because people seldom have only one measurable brain difference) heavily influences our reality, including our experience of time (and space). This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E32: Abused at School: Why Autistic Kids May Not Speak Up When They’ve Been Harmed by a Teacher
I’d been told to listen to these adults and do what they said, and they had said I was “bad,” and I believed them. Since I thought I was “bad,” I felt I deserved all the punishment (abuse) I received. This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E31: The FUTURE is Inclusive (By Design): Asking Businesses and Organizations to do MORE when Considering NeuroDiversity, Universal Design, and Inclusion (Because it Benefits EVERYONE)
These “disability hiring initiatives” often put those they’re supposed to serve on display, so organizations can look good by “offering jobs to people with disabilities,” but often leave us behind. This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E30: Autistic People and “Huge Emotions” or “Big Feelings” – When Emotions are “Too Big” and Overwhelming
This week two Substack Community Members have asked me to share advice on how to deal with “huge emotions” or “when emotions are just too big and overwhelming.” This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E29: IMPORTANT WARNING: Autistic Trans Adults are the Latest Target of Anti-Trans Legislation (but ALL Autistics are in Danger)
If Autistic People are determined “too vulnerable” to know what’s best for us in one area of our lives, what’s to stop them from applying this logic to other areas? This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E28: Self-Identified Autistics: IS diagnosis a Privilege? Why Some People May Self-Diagnose with Autism
There is a misconception that, because someone’s NeuroDivergence is identified in adulthood, they struggled less growing up than NeuroDivergent People diagnosed as children. This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E27: Do I seem MORE Autistic to you NOW? Why many Autistics stop camouflaging their Autistic traits post autism discovery.
To onlookers it may have seemed that I was “acting more Autistic” since my diagnosis, but in reality I was done with the shame, hiding my Autistic traits, and done acting NeuroTypical. This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E26: Autism and the Wonderful World of Autistic Stimming – What IS Autistic Stimming and WHY do Autistic People Stim?
Stimming is essential, helpful, and necessary, but I didn’t understand it for most of my life. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/04/14/autism-and-the-wonderful-world-of-autistic-stimming-what-is-autistic-stimming-and-why-do-autistic-people-stim/
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S2, E25: Autism, NeuroDivergence, and Energy Regulation – I Always Seem to be “Too Much”
What are three activities that drain you, and what are three activities that recharge or energize you? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/04/11/autism-neurodivergence-and-energy-regulation-i-always-seem-to-be-too-much/
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S2, E24: Autistic “Insistence on Sameness”… or Comfort in Familiarity?
#ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics – do you have comfort movies, shows, or songs? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/04/10/autistic-insistence-on-sameness-or-comfort-in-familiarity/
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S2, E23: Hints & Signs I Was Autistic – Why My Autism Was Missed Growing Up
For me (and many late-identified Autistics), it’s not that the signs weren’t noticeable or didn’t hinder my life previously, but that many were overlooked, ignored, dismissed, or unrecognized. This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E22: Meltdowns, Elopements, Shutdowns, and Sensory Overloads – Oh MY!
Understanding Autism & Meltdowns: Meltdowns, elopements, shutdowns, and other types of overloads are MEDICAL EVENTS. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/04/05/meltdowns-elopements-shutdowns-and-sensory-overloads-oh-my/
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S2, E21: The Autism Problem – NonAutistics Treat Autistic People Like we’re Broken NeuroTypicals (but We’re NOT)
I believe the world is horrible for Autistic People we need to fix the world so Autistic People can be properly included. The world is inaccessible and cruel. Autistic People are NOT the problem. This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E20: Autistic Wishes for World Autism Day 2023
Awareness can be helpful because it can point us at problems, helping to gain sympathy for causes that may be underserved. However, Autism and Autistic people ARE NOT a problem. This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E19: Autism Month, Autism Tourists, and Autistic Demonization All in the name of Awareness
Autistic People live Autistic lives year-round. We’re not here for “just a month” – we are ALWAYS Autistic every day. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/04/01/autism-month-autism-tourists-and-autistic-demonization-all-in-the-name-of-awareness/
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S2, E18: Late Autism Diagnosis & Generational Trauma – When Loved Ones Don’t Accept that You ARE Autistic
“You’re NOT Autistic! Late-onset Autism isn’t a thing!” She said, quickly shutting down any conversations about my late Autism diagnosis. This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E17: International Transgender Day of Visibility – Visibility is Defiance
Visibility is intentional defiance when people hate you and want you to make yourself small. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/03/31/international-transgender-day-of-visibility-visibility-is-defiance/
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S2, E16: Autism Doesn’t End at 18 – What Happens when Autistic Adults Age?
Despite what is represented in media, Autistic People don’t vanish at the age of 18, and we don’t become “less Autistic” as we age either. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/03/29/autism-doesnt-end-at-18-what-happens-when-autistic-adults-age/
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S2, E15: Autism isn’t Something I Take “With Me” it IS Me – I AM Autistic
I was almost 30 when I found out I was Autistic. The diagnosis, presented to me in the fall of 2016, became a guiding light in my life, illuminating and clearing confusion that I’d been living in. This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E14: NeuroDivergent NonBinary NeuroQueering NeuroAdventures
Learning I’m Autistic, and making the choice to learn who the most authentic version of myself could be is the reason I discovered I’m nonbinary. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/03/27/neurodivergent-nonbinary-neuroqueering-neuroadventures/
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S2, E13: Autistic Burnout Saved My Life & Is HOW I learned that I’m Autistic
Many Autistic People have co-occurring health conditions, in addition to Autism. I am no exception. When I became burned out, these conditions flared, leading to my diagnosis at the age of 29. This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E12: The Missing Generations of Autistic People
The missing generation is Autistic/NeuroDivergent adults, typically growing up in the 1990’s (or earlier) who were missed, not discovered to be NeuroDivergent as children. This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E11: Autism, Understanding, Rebirth, Disclosures, Loss, & Love
Unfortunately, though I was excited to share this new, life-affirming information with others, MOST of the people in my life were NOT as enthusiastic, as my friend had been, when I attempted to share my Autism diagnosis with them. This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S2, E10: Who IS Lyric Rivera – the NeuroDivergent Rebel?
I’m Autistic, but I didn’t know this fact about myself for the first 29 years of my life. This not knowing had a huge, mostly negative, impact on my life. Finding out the truth about myself, a few months shy of my 30th birthday, was life changing to say the least. This episode is also available…
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S2, E9: AskingAutistics – David & Lyric Rivera – Autistic Differences – Food Sensitivities and Friendships
David & Lyric Rivera talk about Autistic Differences – Food Sensitivities and Friendships This is Pt 8 (the final part) of the interview with David. Stay tuned for a NEW interview next week!!!! This episode is also available as a blog post with transcription on my website:...
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S2, E8: AskingAutistics – David Rivera – What’s hard and How do you stay so positive?
David answers: What’s hard and How do you stay so positive? This is Pt 7 of the interview with David. Stay tuned for pt 8 next week. This episode is available as a blog post on my website (with transcription and CC):...
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S2, E7: AskingAutistics – David Rivera – What’s David into? (Photography and Corrupt Government Systems)
Patreon and other monetary subscribers had access to this video on January 10, 2023. The video’s public release will be February 8, 2023. This is Pt 6 of the interview with David. Stay tuned for pt 7 next week. This episode is available as a blog post with transcription and CC on my website:...
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S2, E6: AskingAutistics – David Rivera – Autism, NeuroDivergence, & RV Life
Lyric and David answer: How is RV life different from non-RV life, for you, and possibly other ND folks? This is Pt 5 of the interview with David. Stay tuned for pt 6 next week. This podcast is available as a Blog with transcription and CC on my website:...
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S2, E5: AskingAutistics – David Rivera – How do you maintain a Healthy Relationship while on the Spectrum?
Lyric and David answer: “How do you maintain a healthy relationship while on the spectrum?” This podcast is also available in blog format (with transcription) on my website:...
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S2, E4: AskingAutistics Interview – David Rivera – What do you do about clashing NeuroDivergent traits?
Lyric and David answer: How do you work through clashing NeuroDivergent traits? This podcast is also available in blog format (with transcription) on my website: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/01/18/askingautistics-interview-david-rivera-what-do-you-do-about-clashing-neurodivergent-traits/
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S2, E3: AskingAutistics Interview David Rivera – What Gives You Sensory Euphoria and Relaxes you?
#AskingAutistics – What Gives You Sensory Euphoria and Relaxes you? This podcast is available as a blog post, with transcription on my website: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/01/11/askingautistics-interview-david-rivera-what-gives-you-sensory-euphoria-and-relaxes-you/
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S2, E2: AskingAutistics – David Rivera pt 1 – Autism, Echolalia, and Mimicry
I’ve been thinking about the direction. I want NeuroDivergent Rebel to go in the new year, and I’ve built up with the help of all of you, this platform that I think is really awesome, but I think it has the potential to be even more awesome. And as many of you know, the reason I started asking...
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S2, E1: 2022 Was Amazing and I am EXCITED about 2023
If you would have told me at the beginning of 2022, that by the end of the year I would be the author of a best-selling business ethics book (Workplace NeuroDiversity Rising) that would be praised in Forbes as “an excellent ‘how to manual’ based on lived experience and professional competence”…
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S1, E110: Society’s Attitudes Towards Autistic and Other NeuroDivergent People Can Be Deadly
There are a lot of obstacles that Autistic and NeuroDivergent People face, from sensory challenges, communication challenges, and misunderstandings with NeuroTypical people, and sometimes even other Autistic and NeuroDivergent People. There’s also the challenge of not having people respect and...
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S1, E109: Executive Functioning Differences and NeuroDivergent People – My Autistic ADHD Experience
According to understood dot com: executive functioning is a set of mental skills that includes working memory, flexible thinking, and self-control. We use these skills every day to learn work and manage daily life. Trouble with executive functioning can make it hard to focus, follow directions…
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S1, E108: Autism and Burnout – My Experience With Autistic Burnout
Something that we tend to agree upon, when talking about Autistic burnout, is that it is the result from having to force ourselves into a society that wasn’t designed to take our needs and considerations into account, whether that is our sensory processing differences, our differences in the ways...
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S1, E107: Autism & Food – My Autistic Experience with Eating, Stomach, and Digestive Problems
I, like many Autistic People, experience stomach issues and stomach distress. There are a multitude of reasons, and triggers, for my tummy troubles. Today I’m gonna share about my experience of being Autistic and having problems with my stomach, and digestion, and why I think so many Autistic...
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S1, E106: NeuroDivergent Emotional Differences – My AutDHD (Autistic ADHD) Perspective
I feel my emotions very intensely, and because of that intense internal emotional experience, sometimes that results in me having a very intense outward emotional expression, that can be seen by other people around me. This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S1: E105: We NEED to Talk About NeuroDivergent Energy Regulation – My Autistic ADHD Perspective
First off, there are various types of energy a person can feel, or experience, in one’s body. There is emotional energy, when you get really excited, happy, angry, or scared, energy rises in your body… or if you are feeling down and depressed, you may have energy drained out of your body. Those…
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S1, E104: Rhythmic Stimming – Stimming with Music – My Autistic NeuroDivergent Experience
One of my main stims, since I’ve been a very, very, young Autistic Person, has been revolving around music: singing, humming, dancing, rhythmically making up lyrics to things- rhythmic stimming. A lot, throughout my entire life, has been stimming with music, which is literally one of the main...
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S1, E103: Autism and ADHD are NOT Bad Behavior – Ways I Was Punished for Being NeuroDivergent
Hi, my name is Lyric, and I am a late discovered, NeuroDivergent adult, meaning I’m Autistic, but I didn’t find out I was Autistic until I was 29, and the ADHD wasn’t diagnosed until I was in my mid-thirties. I went a large portion of my life, falsely, believing I was a NeuroTypical. Because I…
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S1, E102: The Dangers and Risks of being Openly Autistic
As I’ve said, I’m openly Autistic, and I’ve been openly Autistic since I started this blog, almost six years ago now. At this point I can’t “put the cat back in the bag”, so to speak. It’s now forever out on the internet. If you Google my name, you will find out that I am Autistic, ADHD, trans…
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S1; E101: Autism & Developing Authentic Relationships – My Autistic Experience
I’m covering a reader question: “wondering if you could cover the topic of connecting with other people, and building friendships while on the spectrum.” Something else that’s incredibly important, for me, as an Autistic Person, and my relationships with other people, is: I need people in my life...
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S1; E100: Autism & Sensory Overload – My Autistic Experience
As an Autistic Person, I find that my brain is constantly processing a lot of information on overdrive. I don’t tend to have filters that allow me to filter out distractions and background noise and other sensory things. This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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S1, E99: Autism, ADHD, and Bullying – My NeuroDivergent Autistic/ADHD (AutDHD) Experience
Some of the meanest, and cruelest, things that were done to me, as a young person, by other young people, were people tricking me into doing things, because I thought they were my friends, but really they were trying to trick me into doing things that would get me in trouble, or that would amuse...
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