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Welcome to ‘Autism Month’ and Why, as an Actual Autistic Person, I am NOT a Fan of Having a ‘Month for Autism’

Lyric Holmans

If you’re new to this blog or Autism month, you might be asking yourself, “What’s so bad about having a month to honor Autistic people? Isn’t awareness a good thing?” Which, in itself, brings up one of my biggest frustrations with this ‘special month for autism’: Continue reading Welcome to ‘Autism Month’ and Why, as an Actual Autistic Person, I am NOT a Fan of Having a ‘Month for Autism’

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NeuroDivergent Rebel's The Weight of Normal by Lyric Rivera - a teal book with purple text and a pink brain, there is also a person holding a heavy boulder on their shoulders - cover text reads: Assimilate or Be Punished: A NeuroDivergent, Queer Memoir of Survival and Awakening in a World That Demands Conformity A Look at the harms and traumas of NeuroDivergent Conversion "Therapy" and other methods of forced assimilation. Sticky post

New Book! NeuroDivergent Rebel’s The Weight of Normal – Preorder NOW (Available 12/16/25)

Lyric Holmans

The Weight of Normal is a raw and powerful memoir of survival and awakening. It is an unflinching indictment of the systems of forced assimilation—the NeuroDivergent and Queer conversion “therapies”—that teach self-abandonment as a virtue. Continue reading New Book! NeuroDivergent Rebel’s The Weight of Normal – Preorder NOW (Available 12/16/25)

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I don’t WANT to go back into the closet, but I don’t know if I will have a choice.

Lyric Holmans

David and I don’t ‘get out’ much. We also don’t have a habit of going places that charge admission fees very often, especially recently, because we’ve been in a period of ‘not spending’ since we’re trying to get ourselves to … Continue reading I don’t WANT to go back into the closet, but I don’t know if I will have a choice.

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"Normalcy" is a fluid and ever-changing social construct created, influenced, and enforced by the power structures of social hierarchies. When we recognize that "normal" is a social contract, we can challenge and dismantle these harmful norms, creating a safe space for diverse individuals to flourish and thrive (instead of hiding to survive). - Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel - Weird and Wonderful

Weird Pride Day 2024 – Unapologetically Weird: Queer, NeuroDivergent, & PROUDLY Weird

Lyric Holmans

“Normalcy” is a fluid and ever-changing social construct created, influenced, and enforced by the power structures of social hierarchies. When we recognize that “normal” is a social contract, we can challenge and dismantle these harmful norms, creating a safe space for diverse individuals to flourish and thrive (instead of hiding to survive). Continue reading Weird Pride Day 2024 – Unapologetically Weird: Queer, NeuroDivergent, & PROUDLY Weird