All Episodes

S3, E1: 10 Strengths of NeuroDivergent People (That May Surprise You)

S2, E37: When I said “There’s no such thing as severe Autism” most people missed the point.

S2, E36: Autism & Choices: Why Making Decisions is Hard for Me as an Autistic Person

S2, E35: If an Autistic Person isn’t Currently Struggling “Are they still Autistic?”

S2, E34: NeuroDivergence, Surviving Capitalism as an Autistic ADHD Human, and Finding a Career Path that Works for YOU

S2, E33: NeuroDivergence Time & Hyperfocus – Managing Time & Hyperfocus as an NeuroDivervgent Person so it Doesn’t Ruin Your Life (an Autistic ADHD Perspective)

S2, E32: Abused at School: Why Autistic Kids May Not Speak Up When They’ve Been Harmed by a Teacher

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)

S2, E30: Autistic People and “Huge Emotions” or “Big Feelings” – When Emotions are “Too Big” and Overwhelming

S2, E29: IMPORTANT WARNING: Autistic Trans Adults are the Latest Target of Anti-Trans Legislation (but ALL Autistics are in Danger)

S2, E28: Self-Identified Autistics: IS diagnosis a Privilege? Why Some People May Self-Diagnose with Autism

S2, E27: Do I seem MORE Autistic to you NOW? Why many Autistics stop camouflaging their Autistic traits post autism discovery.

S2, E26: Autism and the Wonderful World of Autistic Stimming – What IS Autistic Stimming and WHY do Autistic People Stim?

S2, E25: Autism, NeuroDivergence, and Energy Regulation – I Always Seem to be “Too Much”

S2, E24: Autistic “Insistence on Sameness”… or Comfort in Familiarity?

S2, E23: Hints & Signs I Was Autistic – Why My Autism Was Missed Growing Up

S2, E22: Meltdowns, Elopements, Shutdowns, and Sensory Overloads – Oh MY!

S2, E21: The Autism Problem – NonAutistics Treat Autistic People Like we’re Broken NeuroTypicals (but We’re NOT)

S2, E20: Autistic Wishes for World Autism Day 2023

S2, E19: Autism Month, Autism Tourists, and Autistic Demonization All in the name of Awareness

S2, E18: Late Autism Diagnosis & Generational Trauma – When Loved Ones Don’t Accept that You ARE Autistic

S2, E17: International Transgender Day of Visibility – Visibility is Defiance

S2, E16: Autism Doesn’t End at 18 – What Happens when Autistic Adults Age?

S2, E15: Autism isn’t Something I Take “With Me” it IS Me – I AM Autistic

S2, E14: NeuroDivergent NonBinary NeuroQueering NeuroAdventures

S2, E13: Autistic Burnout Saved My Life & Is HOW I learned that I’m Autistic

S2, E12: The Missing Generations of Autistic People

S2, E11: Autism, Understanding, Rebirth, Disclosures, Loss, & Love

S2, E10: Who IS Lyric Rivera – the NeuroDivergent Rebel?

S2, E9: AskingAutistics – David & Lyric Rivera – Autistic Differences – Food Sensitivities and Friendships

S2, E8: AskingAutistics – David Rivera – What’s hard and How do you stay so positive?

S2, E7: AskingAutistics – David Rivera – What’s David into? (Photography and Corrupt Government Systems)

S2, E6: AskingAutistics – David Rivera – Autism, NeuroDivergence, & RV Life

S2, E5: AskingAutistics – David Rivera – How do you maintain a Healthy Relationship while on the Spectrum?

S2, E4: AskingAutistics Interview – David Rivera – What do you do about clashing NeuroDivergent traits?

S2, E3: AskingAutistics Interview David Rivera – What Gives You Sensory Euphoria and Relaxes you?

S2, E2: AskingAutistics – David Rivera pt 1 – Autism, Echolalia, and Mimicry

S2, E1: 2022 Was Amazing and I am EXCITED about 2023

S1, E110: Society’s Attitudes Towards Autistic and Other NeuroDivergent People Can Be Deadly

S1, E109: Executive Functioning Differences and NeuroDivergent People – My Autistic ADHD Experience

S1, E108: Autism and Burnout – My Experience With Autistic Burnout

S1, E107: Autism & Food – My Autistic Experience with Eating, Stomach, and Digestive Problems

S1, E106: NeuroDivergent Emotional Differences – My AutDHD (Autistic ADHD) Perspective

S1: E105: We NEED to Talk About NeuroDivergent Energy Regulation – My Autistic ADHD Perspective

S1, E104: Rhythmic Stimming – Stimming with Music – My Autistic NeuroDivergent Experience

S1, E103: Autism and ADHD are NOT Bad Behavior – Ways I Was Punished for Being NeuroDivergent

S1, E102: The Dangers and Risks of being Openly Autistic

S1; E101: Autism & Developing Authentic Relationships – My Autistic Experience

S1; E100: Autism & Sensory Overload – My Autistic Experience

S1, E99: Autism, ADHD, and Bullying – My NeuroDivergent Autistic/ADHD (AutDHD) Experience

S1, E98: Why are there SO MANY Late Diagnosed or Discovered Autistic and NeuroDivergent People???

S1, E97: Autism & NeuroDivergent Sensory Euphoria – My Autistic Perspective

S1, E96: Autism NeuroDiversity and Sensory Processing – an Autistic perspective on SPD

S1, E95: Autistic and NeuroDivergent Masking, Unmasking, and Burnout

S1, E94: Autism & Eloping – My Autistic Experience with Running Off

S1, E93: Autism and Shutting Down – My Experience with Shutdowns as an Autistic Adult

S1, E92: Autism and the Limitations of the Autistic Triad of Impairments

S1, E91: Autistic and NeuroDivergent Stimming, Fidgeting, and Sensory Seeking

S1, E90: Autism & Hyperlexia – My Autistic Hyperlexic Experience

S1, E89: Autism & Vocalizations – My Autistic Experience with Echolalia, Palilalia, and Verbal Stimming

S1, E88: Autism & Learning to Recognize Autistic Meltdowns Before It’s Too Late

S1, E87: Late NeuroDivergent Diagnosis – Diagnosed Autistic at 29 – Reading my Autism Diagnostic Report

S1, E86: 3 Major Flaws in the Autism Diagnostic Criteria – My Autistic Opinion

S1, E85: LGBTQIA+ & Autism Medicalization Timeline – A NeuroQueer Conversion Therapy History Lesson

S1, E84: Things I Got in Trouble for Growing up as an Undiagnosed Autistic ADHDer

S1, E83 Autism & Gender 101 – My Trans Nonbinary Autistic Experience with Autigender

S1, E82: Pride Month – Pansexual, Polyamory – Human Attraction is a Spectrum

S1, E80: Pride Month: Why We NEED Queer Pride

S1, E80: The Challenges of being Autistic in a NonAutistic World

S1, E79: What is it Really Like Being Autistic

S1, E78: I See Autistic & NeuroDivergent People Who Don’t KNOW their Minds Work Differently

S1, E77: My Autistic Experience of the Human Communication Spectrum

S1, E76: Autistic & NeuroDivergent Academic Exclusion & Oppression

S1, E75: The Exclusion & Dehumanization of Autistic & NeuroDivergent People

S1, E74: We Don’t Have a Definition for Autistic Success Because We Only Talk About Autistic Struggles & Pain

S1, E73: Shame Kills – Autism, NeuroDivergence, Pride, & Shame

S1, E72: I Am Autistic & Don’t Like Autism Awareness Month

S1, E71: Autistic Pride Is NOT Just about the Good Parts of Being NeuroDivergent

S1, E:70: Treating Autistic & NeuroDivergent People Equitably PT 2: Society Must Change

S1, E69: Treating Autistic & NeuroDivergent People Equitably: PT 1 The Need for a NeuroDivergent Lifestyle

S1, E68: Queer, Trans, NeuroDivergent, Autistic: The Human Need for Authenticity

S1, E67: What is Autism to Me – One Autistic Person

S1, E66: Empowering People with Sensory Processing Differences by Creating Sensory Friendly Spaces

S1, E65: Humanity is a Spectrum and NeuroTypical is NOT the Default

S1, E64: Autism & “Age-Inappropriate Interests” – My Autistic Experience

S1, E63: Autism & Infantilization – My Experience with Autistic Infantilization

S1, E62: Where are the Missing Generation of Autistic & NeuroDivergent Adults?

S1, E61: The Damage of Dismissing Autistic People When We Ask For Help

S1, E60: Escaping the Autism Closet – A NeuroQueer Journey

S1, E59: Autism & Change – Why Change is Hard for Me as an Autistic Person

S1, E58: Autism StereoTypes and the Damage they Do to Autistic People

S1, E57: Autistic Sensory Issues – The Relationship Between Sensory Processing Differences & My Digestive Problems

S1, E56: Choosing & Changing Careers when You are NeuroDivergent – an Autistic Perspective

S1, E55: Autism and Alcohol – My Autistic Experience with Drinking

S1, E54: I’m Autistic PLUS – Co Occurrence, Multiple NeuroDivergence, & Why Its Rarely JUST Autism

S1: E53, NeuroDiversity in the Workplace – Asking Autistic & NeuroDivergent People to Keep a NeuroTypical Pace

S1, E52: I’m Autistic – This is What I WISH People Understood About Sensory Processing & Sensory Overload

S1, E51: Sharing My Trans Origin Story for Transgender Awareness Week

S1, E50: Autistic and NeuroDivergent Masking – Help! I Don’t Know How to Unmask

S1, E49: - Autism & NeuroDivergent Trauma in Public Education – My Autistic Experience