I started my blog 15 months ago. Here are my top blogging & social media tips.
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Lyric Holmans
Lyric Rivera, an Autistic self-advocate from Texas, runs the the internationally recognized neurodiversity lifestyle blog Neurodivergent Rebel. Neurodivergent Rebel was opened in 2016, as a way to introduce people unfamiliar with autism to neurodiversity. The blog, which is sometimes released in written format and also via YouTube video, explores the ideology of neurodiversity and the creative expressions of autistic people. Riveras’ blog pushes for acceptance of neurological differences and respect for the autonomy of neurodivergent people. Lyric is also known as the pioneer of the #AskingAutistics hashtag, which is often accompanied by a short question about everyday autistic experiences. This simple hashtag connects neurodiverse people who would not otherwise have a reason to engage with each other to foster understanding of the autistic experience. View all posts by Lyric Holmans
Well, my ‘aimless, unprincipled’ blog, which began at the start of the year, is on an irregular schedule – so I’ve failed at step one. So far this year, I’ve written 1–3 blog posts a week, but not on a predictable schedule.
Then again, my blog is aimless and unprincipled, and the topics of my posts are going to change from time to time in unexpected ways. OK, so I’ve probably failed at step two as well: I’m not great at thinking about my audience. That’s really hard for me to do.
Well, there’s always step three. If I get a deluge of nasty comments on my blog, I’ll know exactly what to do. In fact, I’ve had plenty of blocking and muting practice on Twitter, so that should come in handy. So far, though, I’ve only had a handful of (nice) comments.
Thank you for your tips! 🙂
Great tips! I’m lucky and haven’t had to deal with any major trolling, which I suspect is because I’m mostly active on WordPress and less so on social media.
I hope my autism blog is as half as good as this one! 🙂
I started my blog in 2014 initially as an online journal. Just recently I have removed over 40 past posts from my blog so that I can streamline the content to a set theme and content. I now stick to a central theme of three topics and centre the blog around those categories. One of these includes autism as a conservative activist.