Before I knew it was Autism, I didn’t have Autistic pride – only shame for my Autistic traits. Autistic pride is something I had to grow into. Here’s what changed. Continue reading I Had to Unlearn Shame to Find My Autistic Pride – They Told Me My Autistic Traits Were Flaws. I Know Better Now.
I really think we have something VERY special with the Autism, Identity and Me Adult Workbook (not that the children’s workbooks or my other projects weren’t also special), because I could only have dreamed of having a workbook LIKE THIS ten years ago (when I was newly diagnosed as Autistic). Continue reading Why I Dreaded This Task… and Why I’m Grateful I Did It – Over 13 Hours, 390 Pages, and One Very Stiff Back: A Copyediting Saga
We’re taught to compete and to measure our success against our peers. If we’re not “keeping up“ or falling “low in the ranks,” it is a failure. Continue reading I wasn’t lazy. The system was rigged. – Your ‘honor roll’ wasn’t hard work. It was privilege.
We’ve got something exciting to share with you today… All week, we’ve been hinting at “an announcement” and a “big reveal”. For months, we’ve been working together on a big project, creating a workbook designed to help Autistic adults understand … Continue reading We’ve got something BIG to share with you!
Today is June 1, 2026. It is the first day of Pride Month, in a year where being openly and unapologetically open about being Queer in many ways feels more dangerous for many of us (especially within the United States) than it has in a long time. Continue reading Welcome to Pride Month 2026: They Want Us to Hide. Here’s Why I’m Being Loud – Also, 8 Ignorant Things People Say to Queer People (And How to Flip Them)
Pride Month Is Next Week. I’m Not Sure How Visible I Want to Be Anymore. – The leaders of our movement are still the ones with nothing left to lose. Continue reading Pride Month 2026: Visibility Is Becoming Dangerous Again – If lists are being made, I’m fairly certain I’m already on them.
I like to describe my experience using a video game ‘health bar’ metaphor.
The non-autistic people around me, especially those with more proximity to neuro-normativity, live in an environment that is tailored to charge up their ‘health bars’, or to take less life force away from them. Continue reading The DSM-5 Has No Language for an Autistic Person at Peace – The Medical Model Only Shows You Our Worst Days
As of today, I am releasing spots for 5 people to book one-to-one “ask me anything” sessions (limited to the first 5 people who book via the link below) as part of a fundraising strategy to try and keep the Neurodivergent Rebel blog (and all the free educational content I create) open and available to the public. Continue reading 1-hour Virtual One-to-One “Ask Me Anything” Sessions are BACK!!!
Human minds crave simplicity and easy, quick categorizations; that’s why many stereotypes and false assumptions about those in marginalized groups run wild in our dominant culture (because it’s easier for people to oversimplify by thinking in black and white while ignoring nuance). This creates a failure to appreciate people as individual humans, and pressure on everyone to fit within narrow, unnatural, binary norms and categorizations. Continue reading Human Binaries: NeuroDivergent and Queer – Coloring Outside the Lines Will Be Punished – Intro to my latest book, Neurodivergent Rebel’s, The Weight of Normal
In cultures that champion self-sufficiency, and discourage people from asking for help, or speaking about struggles and weaknesses, people with disabilities may feel unable to ask for the accommodations they need (and are legally entitled to), because doing so means they may be looked down upon by leadership and peers. Continue reading Organizational Culture: It’s More than Ping Pong and Beer Taps – Excerpt from Workplace Neurodiversity Rising by Lyric Rivera
