I’m Autistic, but I didn’t know this fact about myself for the first 29 years of my life. This not knowing had a huge, mostly negative, impact on my life. Finding out the truth about myself, a few months shy of my 30th birthday, was life changing to say the least. Continue reading Who IS Lyric Rivera – the NeuroDivergent Rebel?
Patreon and other monetary subscribers had access to this video on January 10, 2023. The video’s public release will be February 8, 2023.
This is Pt 6 of the interview with David. Stay tuned for pt 7 next week. Continue reading AskingAutistics – David Rivera – What’s David into? (Photography and Corrupt Government Systems)
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Workplace NeuroDiversity Rising is intended to be a tool that can help ANYONE who wants to make the world, or the spaces around them more inclusive for NeuroDivergent (and all) People, in organizations, communities, schools, and beyond. Continue reading Workplace NeuroDiversity Rising – Start Making Immediate Changes to the World Around You
Hey All, Lyric here – some of you may have noticed that physical copies of my book have been unavailable recently…. and I am THRILLED to announce that physical copies are BACK IN STOCK NOW! What happened, where did they … Continue reading First Edition Books? … and Paperback Books are Back!
I, like many Autistic People, experience stomach issues and stomach distress. There are a multitude of reasons, and triggers, for my tummy troubles.
Today I’m gonna share about my experience of being Autistic and having problems with my stomach, and digestion, and why I think so many Autistic People also struggle with this. Continue reading Autism & Food – My Autistic Experience with Eating, Stomach, and Digestive Problems
Hello All, I am REALLY excited about THIS… You can now pre-order print versions of my book, Workplace NeuroDiversity Rising!!!! ORDER YOURS NOW: https://books2read.com/NeuroDiversity-Rising For an author like me, who is self publishing, pre-sales are everything, as they will influence … Continue reading Paperback Pre-Oders Available NOW!
For the past few years I have been writing a business book and it’s currently available for presale. This book has been years in the making, and is a resource that I hope will help organizations of all types and … Continue reading Pre-order My 1st Book: Workplace NeuroDiversity Rising
Hi, my name is Lyric, and I am a late discovered, NeuroDivergent adult, meaning I’m Autistic, but I didn’t find out I was Autistic until I was 29, and the ADHD wasn’t diagnosed until I was in my mid-thirties.
I went a large portion of my life, falsely, believing I was a NeuroTypical. Because I did not have the autism or ADHD labels for myself growing up, other labels were put on me as a young person: “stubborn rebellious, difficult hyperactive, poor self-control, someone who doesn’t apply themselves”.
All of these were put on me because nobody knew that I was NeuroDivergent, and, in a lot of ways, my NeuroDivergence was punished growing up.
If you’d like to know the ways in which my NeuroDivergent traits were punished, please do stay tuned. Continue reading Autism and ADHD are NOT Bad Behavior – Ways I Was Punished for Being NeuroDivergent
There are three main reasons that I feel as if the autism diagnostic criteria, and the way we define Autistic People, and all NeuroDivergent People, is going to have to, eventually, be rewritten. Continue reading 3 Major Flaws in the Autism Diagnostic Criteria – My Autistic Opinion
I wanted to talk about Autistic Pride, as I talk about each and every year. I talk about it every year, because it is so important for Autistic People to be able to feel pride in ourselves, especially when society, often, tells us that we are defective, broken, and that our ways of doing things: interacting with, engaging with, and experiencing the world, are wrong; and that we should strive to cover up the NeuroDivergent parts of ourselves. Continue reading Autistic Pride Is NOT Just about the Good Parts of Being NeuroDivergent