The NeuroDivergent Rebel blog is now over seven years old.
While some readers have been around since the early years, many of my readers are new (and new readers are joining every day), leading me to believe that a re-introduction to me (and this space) is overdue (considering how many new people have joined us recently).
If you are new here, welcome, and if you’ve been here for years, I sincerely thank you for your continued support.
My name is Lyric Lark Rivera, I am the Author of the best selling business ethics book, Workplace NeuroDiversity Rising (you can get it at books2read.com/neurodiversity-rising/).
My pronouns are they/them.
I am Autistic, ADHD, and nonbinary (though I didn’t have the language to describe these parts of myself for most of my life).
I’m also hyperlexic, and my love of words and books has become a love of writing and creating books. Book 2 is under way.
People dropping in on this part of the story (today) often fail to recognize how much work it has taken to get to where we are now.
It’s like skipping to page 100 in a book.
This space (and I) have grown over the years (more than 2016 me could have ever imagined was possible). It has been a journey, following my ups and downs, allowing me a space to process my thoughts as I began to heal from a lifetime (29 years) of not knowing I was Autistic.
I will be 37 this March.
When I started this blog, fresh after my diagnosis, I was nieve, still in my 20s, creeping up on 30.
Now I’m closer to 40, with seven years of healing and self-work behind me (and still learning new things daily). I am older, bolder, wiser, tougher, and clearer than I used to be.
Young me led with their heart (and emotions); new me takes time to feel those emotions, process them, and act later when the emotions aren’t in control of me.
The young me also didn’t know how to recognize when they were triggered, overwhelmed, or agitated (or what their triggers were).
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It would mean a lot to me,
– Lyric
