A Neurodivergent Rebel's Ramblings

By Lyric Holmans the NeuroDivergent Rebel

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Rebelling against a culture that values assimilation over individuality. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neurodivergentrebel/support

Episode Date
S3, E1: 10 Strengths of NeuroDivergent People (That May Surprise You)
Jan 05, 2024
S2, E37: When I said “There’s no such thing as severe Autism” most people missed the point.
May 10, 2023
S2, E36: Autism & Choices: Why Making Decisions is Hard for Me as an Autistic Person
May 10, 2023
S2, E35: If an Autistic Person isn’t Currently Struggling “Are they still Autistic?”
May 03, 2023
S2, E34: NeuroDivergence, Surviving Capitalism as an Autistic ADHD Human, and Finding a Career Path that Works for YOU
May 03, 2023
S2, E33: NeuroDivergence Time & Hyperfocus – Managing Time & Hyperfocus as an NeuroDivervgent Person so it Doesn’t Ruin Your Life (an Autistic ADHD Perspective)
May 03, 2023
S2, E32: Abused at School: Why Autistic Kids May Not Speak Up When They’ve Been Harmed by a Teacher
May 03, 2023
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)
May 03, 2023
S2, E30: Autistic People and “Huge Emotions” or “Big Feelings” – When Emotions are “Too Big” and Overwhelming
Apr 25, 2023
S2, E29: IMPORTANT WARNING: Autistic Trans Adults are the Latest Target of Anti-Trans Legislation (but ALL Autistics are in Danger)
Apr 25, 2023
S2, E28: Self-Identified Autistics: IS diagnosis a Privilege? Why Some People May Self-Diagnose with Autism
Apr 19, 2023
S2, E27: Do I seem MORE Autistic to you NOW? Why many Autistics stop camouflaging their Autistic traits post autism discovery.
Apr 19, 2023
S2, E26: Autism and the Wonderful World of Autistic Stimming – What IS Autistic Stimming and WHY do Autistic People Stim?
Apr 19, 2023
S2, E25: Autism, NeuroDivergence, and Energy Regulation – I Always Seem to be “Too Much”
Apr 13, 2023
S2, E24: Autistic “Insistence on Sameness”… or Comfort in Familiarity?
Apr 13, 2023
S2, E23: Hints & Signs I Was Autistic – Why My Autism Was Missed Growing Up
Apr 13, 2023
S2, E22: Meltdowns, Elopements, Shutdowns, and Sensory Overloads – Oh MY!
Apr 13, 2023
S2, E21: The Autism Problem – NonAutistics Treat Autistic People Like we’re Broken NeuroTypicals (but We’re NOT)
Apr 13, 2023
S2, E20: Autistic Wishes for World Autism Day 2023
Apr 13, 2023
S2, E19: Autism Month, Autism Tourists, and Autistic Demonization All in the name of Awareness
Apr 13, 2023
S2, E18: Late Autism Diagnosis & Generational Trauma – When Loved Ones Don’t Accept that You ARE Autistic
Apr 13, 2023
S2, E17: International Transgender Day of Visibility – Visibility is Defiance
Apr 13, 2023
S2, E16: Autism Doesn’t End at 18 – What Happens when Autistic Adults Age?
Apr 13, 2023
S2, E15: Autism isn’t Something I Take “With Me” it IS Me – I AM Autistic
Apr 13, 2023
S2, E14: NeuroDivergent NonBinary NeuroQueering NeuroAdventures
Apr 13, 2023
S2, E13: Autistic Burnout Saved My Life & Is HOW I learned that I’m Autistic
Apr 13, 2023
S2, E12: The Missing Generations of Autistic People
Apr 07, 2023
S2, E11: Autism, Understanding, Rebirth, Disclosures, Loss, & Love
Apr 06, 2023
S2, E10: Who IS Lyric Rivera – the NeuroDivergent Rebel?
Apr 05, 2023
S2, E9: AskingAutistics – David & Lyric Rivera – Autistic Differences – Food Sensitivities and Friendships
Apr 04, 2023
S2, E8: AskingAutistics – David Rivera – What’s hard and How do you stay so positive?
Apr 04, 2023
S2, E7: AskingAutistics – David Rivera – What’s David into? (Photography and Corrupt Government Systems)
Apr 04, 2023
S2, E6: AskingAutistics – David Rivera – Autism, NeuroDivergence, & RV Life
Apr 04, 2023
S2, E5: AskingAutistics – David Rivera – How do you maintain a Healthy Relationship while on the Spectrum?
Apr 04, 2023
S2, E4: AskingAutistics Interview – David Rivera – What do you do about clashing NeuroDivergent traits?
Apr 04, 2023
S2, E3: AskingAutistics Interview David Rivera – What Gives You Sensory Euphoria and Relaxes you?
Mar 30, 2023
S2, E2: AskingAutistics – David Rivera pt 1 – Autism, Echolalia, and Mimicry
Mar 16, 2023
S2, E1: 2022 Was Amazing and I am EXCITED about 2023
Feb 20, 2023
S1, E110: Society’s Attitudes Towards Autistic and Other NeuroDivergent People Can Be Deadly
Dec 28, 2022
S1, E109: Executive Functioning Differences and NeuroDivergent People – My Autistic ADHD Experience
Dec 28, 2022
S1, E108: Autism and Burnout – My Experience With Autistic Burnout
Dec 20, 2022
S1, E107: Autism & Food – My Autistic Experience with Eating, Stomach, and Digestive Problems
Dec 20, 2022
S1, E106: NeuroDivergent Emotional Differences – My AutDHD (Autistic ADHD) Perspective
Dec 20, 2022
S1: E105: We NEED to Talk About NeuroDivergent Energy Regulation – My Autistic ADHD Perspective
Dec 20, 2022
S1, E104: Rhythmic Stimming – Stimming with Music – My Autistic NeuroDivergent Experience
Dec 20, 2022
S1, E103: Autism and ADHD are NOT Bad Behavior – Ways I Was Punished for Being NeuroDivergent
Dec 20, 2022
S1, E102: The Dangers and Risks of being Openly Autistic
Dec 20, 2022
S1; E101: Autism & Developing Authentic Relationships – My Autistic Experience
Dec 20, 2022
S1; E100: Autism & Sensory Overload – My Autistic Experience
Dec 20, 2022
S1, E99: Autism, ADHD, and Bullying – My NeuroDivergent Autistic/ADHD (AutDHD) Experience
Dec 20, 2022
S1, E98: Why are there SO MANY Late Diagnosed or Discovered Autistic and NeuroDivergent People???
Oct 05, 2022
S1, E97: Autism & NeuroDivergent Sensory Euphoria – My Autistic Perspective
Sep 28, 2022
S1, E96: Autism NeuroDiversity and Sensory Processing – an Autistic perspective on SPD
Sep 28, 2022
S1, E95: Autistic and NeuroDivergent Masking, Unmasking, and Burnout
Sep 19, 2022
S1, E94: Autism & Eloping – My Autistic Experience with Running Off
Sep 19, 2022
S1, E93: Autism and Shutting Down – My Experience with Shutdowns as an Autistic Adult
Aug 31, 2022
S1, E92: Autism and the Limitations of the Autistic Triad of Impairments
Aug 31, 2022
S1, E91: Autistic and NeuroDivergent Stimming, Fidgeting, and Sensory Seeking
Aug 19, 2022
S1, E90: Autism & Hyperlexia – My Autistic Hyperlexic Experience
Aug 15, 2022
S1, E89: Autism & Vocalizations – My Autistic Experience with Echolalia, Palilalia, and Verbal Stimming
Aug 09, 2022
S1, E88: Autism & Learning to Recognize Autistic Meltdowns Before It’s Too Late
Aug 01, 2022
S1, E87: Late NeuroDivergent Diagnosis – Diagnosed Autistic at 29 – Reading my Autism Diagnostic Report
Jul 20, 2022
S1, E86: 3 Major Flaws in the Autism Diagnostic Criteria – My Autistic Opinion
Jul 13, 2022
S1, E85: LGBTQIA+ & Autism Medicalization Timeline – A NeuroQueer Conversion Therapy History Lesson
Jul 13, 2022
S1, E84: Things I Got in Trouble for Growing up as an Undiagnosed Autistic ADHDer
Jul 07, 2022
S1, E83 Autism & Gender 101 – My Trans Nonbinary Autistic Experience with Autigender
Jun 23, 2022
S1, E82: Pride Month – Pansexual, Polyamory – Human Attraction is a Spectrum
Jun 23, 2022
S1, E80: Pride Month: Why We NEED Queer Pride
Jun 08, 2022
S1, E80: The Challenges of being Autistic in a NonAutistic World
Jun 01, 2022
S1, E79: What is it Really Like Being Autistic
Jun 01, 2022
S1, E78: I See Autistic & NeuroDivergent People Who Don’t KNOW their Minds Work Differently
May 18, 2022
S1, E77: My Autistic Experience of the Human Communication Spectrum
May 11, 2022
S1, E76: Autistic & NeuroDivergent Academic Exclusion & Oppression
May 11, 2022
S1, E75: The Exclusion & Dehumanization of Autistic & NeuroDivergent People
Apr 28, 2022
S1, E74: We Don’t Have a Definition for Autistic Success Because We Only Talk About Autistic Struggles & Pain
Apr 28, 2022
S1, E73: Shame Kills – Autism, NeuroDivergence, Pride, & Shame
Apr 13, 2022
S1, E72: I Am Autistic & Don’t Like Autism Awareness Month
Apr 12, 2022
S1, E71: Autistic Pride Is NOT Just about the Good Parts of Being NeuroDivergent
Mar 30, 2022
S1, E:70: Treating Autistic & NeuroDivergent People Equitably PT 2: Society Must Change
Mar 30, 2022
S1, E69: Treating Autistic & NeuroDivergent People Equitably: PT 1 The Need for a NeuroDivergent Lifestyle
Mar 30, 2022
S1, E68: Queer, Trans, NeuroDivergent, Autistic: The Human Need for Authenticity
Mar 30, 2022
S1, E67: What is Autism to Me – One Autistic Person
Mar 02, 2022
S1, E66: Empowering People with Sensory Processing Differences by Creating Sensory Friendly Spaces
Feb 25, 2022
S1, E65: Humanity is a Spectrum and NeuroTypical is NOT the Default
Feb 25, 2022
S1, E64: Autism & “Age-Inappropriate Interests” – My Autistic Experience
Feb 25, 2022
S1, E63: Autism & Infantilization – My Experience with Autistic Infantilization
Feb 25, 2022
S1, E62: Where are the Missing Generation of Autistic & NeuroDivergent Adults?
Feb 25, 2022
S1, E61: The Damage of Dismissing Autistic People When We Ask For Help
Jan 26, 2022
S1, E60: Escaping the Autism Closet – A NeuroQueer Journey
Jan 20, 2022
S1, E59: Autism & Change – Why Change is Hard for Me as an Autistic Person
Jan 20, 2022
S1, E58: Autism StereoTypes and the Damage they Do to Autistic People
Jan 20, 2022
S1, E57: Autistic Sensory Issues – The Relationship Between Sensory Processing Differences & My Digestive Problems
Jan 20, 2022
S1, E56: Choosing & Changing Careers when You are NeuroDivergent – an Autistic Perspective
Jan 20, 2022
S1, E55: Autism and Alcohol – My Autistic Experience with Drinking
Jan 20, 2022
S1, E54: I’m Autistic PLUS – Co Occurrence, Multiple NeuroDivergence, & Why Its Rarely JUST Autism
Jan 20, 2022
S1: E53, NeuroDiversity in the Workplace – Asking Autistic & NeuroDivergent People to Keep a NeuroTypical Pace
Jan 20, 2022
S1, E52: I’m Autistic – This is What I WISH People Understood About Sensory Processing & Sensory Overload
Jan 20, 2022
S1, E51: Sharing My Trans Origin Story for Transgender Awareness Week
Jan 20, 2022
S1, E50: Autistic and NeuroDivergent Masking – Help! I Don’t Know How to Unmask
Jan 20, 2022
S1, E49: - Autism & NeuroDivergent Trauma in Public Education – My Autistic Experience
Jan 20, 2022
Late Autistic Discovery – What Happened During My Autism Assessment?
Nov 15, 2021
Why are Autism Diagnostic Numbers Increasing?
Nov 03, 2021
Why Autistic and NeuroDivergent People May Not See Themselves in the Autism Diagnostic Criteria
Oct 29, 2021
How NeuroDivergent Masking and Burnout Can Become a Perpetual Cycle
Oct 29, 2021
Why I Left Behaviorism Behind & Quit Dog Training
Oct 15, 2021
International Day of the Stim: What IS Stimming?
Oct 15, 2021
Autism & Meltdowns – What are Autistic Meltdowns Like?
Oct 15, 2021
Autistic Emotional Responses – Autism & Emotions
Oct 15, 2021
Autism & Obsessive Behavior – Why I Can’t Always Let things Go as an Autistic Person
Sep 15, 2021
Autism & Sensory Aversion – Autistic Sensory Processing & Avoidance
Sep 15, 2021
Autism & Sensory Seeking – Why do Autistic People Sensory Seek?
Sep 15, 2021
Things I Didn’t Realize Were Related to Being Autistic Before I Was Diagnosed “with Autism”
Sep 15, 2021
Is an Adult Autism or ADHD Diagnosis Worth it?
Sep 15, 2021
Autistic & NeuroDivergent People’s Invisible Struggles Pt 2: Communication & Emotional Differences
Aug 12, 2021
Autistic and NeuroDivergent People’s Struggles Are Invisible Pt 1: Masking & Sensory Issues
Aug 12, 2021
I’m Autistic and this is Why I Find People Overwhelming
Aug 12, 2021
Academic Privilege – Is the Public Education System Destroying NeuroDivergent People?
Jul 23, 2021
Is Polyamory a Choice? – Polyamorous People and Polyamorous Relationships
Jul 19, 2021
Of Breasts & Chests – Criminalization, Sexualization, & Nipple Politics
Jul 16, 2021
NONBINARY 101 – for International NonBinary Day
Jul 15, 2021
The Dangers of Assuming All Autistic People Have Anxiety & How Anxiety Messes With My Life
Jul 15, 2021
Is Autism a Disability, Neurodiversity, and the Social Model of Disability
Jul 15, 2021
Why We NEED to Teach Boundaries & Consent to Autistic People
Jul 15, 2021
The Miracle of Assistive Technology for Auditory Processing Problems in Public
Jul 14, 2021
NeuroDivergent Polyamory – Autistic NonConformity in My Relationships
Jun 23, 2021
Toothbrush (Sensory) Nightmare – Autism & Toothbrushing
Jun 23, 2021
June 18th is Autistic Pride DAY! What is Autistic Pride Day and Why We Need Pride for Autistic People
Jun 22, 2021
How Do I Know if I am NonBinary? – My Enby Gender Journey
Jun 17, 2021
Pride Month – I’m Pansexual! – My NeuroDivergent Journey with Sexual Orientation
Jun 17, 2021
NeuroDiversity & Disability – Flexing the Systems Instead of Blaming People for Being Unable to Fit In
Jun 17, 2021
The Need to Self Identify as NeuroDivergent
Jun 17, 2021
My Recent Autistic Burnout – Breaking the Cycle of Overwork
Jun 03, 2021
Night Time LED Hoop Stim Dance Flow
Jun 02, 2021
Autistic NeuroDivergent and LGBTQIA+ – Is there a Connection?
Jun 02, 2021
Our WildnFree NeuroDivergent Full Time RV Living Adventure
Jun 02, 2021
I Changed My Name – Why People Change Their Names
Jun 02, 2021
Too Cruel for Dogs but Okay for Kids? -Behaviorism Gone Wrong
May 20, 2021
Are you REALLY an Ally to the Autistic Community?
May 20, 2021
The Need For Autistic and NeuroDivergent Authenticity
May 12, 2021
Autism Positivity – My Favorite Things About Being Autistic
May 05, 2021
Who is the NeuroDivergent Rebel and WHY do they Write?
May 05, 2021
Advice for Anyone Looking to Get an Autism Diagnosis
May 03, 2021
ABA is abuse… yes all ABA.
May 02, 2021
Autism & Deficits – Autistic People Aren’t Broken NeuroTypicals
Apr 30, 2021
Moving Beyond Awareness, Working Toward Autistic Acceptance, Empowerment, & Inclusion
Apr 30, 2021
Why Autistic Pride and Empowerment are Important
Apr 30, 2021
Why You Should NOT Light Up Blue to Raise Awareness of Autism & Autistic People
Apr 30, 2021
Rethinking the Way We Describe Autistic People – From Problems to Possibilities
Apr 30, 2021