“Please send clinical research studies to prove your lived experiences are real” 😮💨
Lived experiences need to be taken more seriously 😐
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Stories, ramblings, and musings of Lyric Rivera: Trans Autistic/ADHD, educator, consultant, artist, & best selling author of the business ethics book Workplace NeuroDiversity Rising.
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REPLAY PAID Subscriber Live - NeuroDivergent Rebel - Continuing the Conversation on Autonomy
In today’s totally PAID LIVE video replay, I talk about the trauma of having my autonomy stripped away from me growing up and the wounds that left me to heal in adulthood.
Live REPLAY - Talking about Autism, Neurodivergence, Disability and Autonomy
A recording from NeuroDivergent Rebel's live video
Autism, ADHD, and Autonomy - The One Thing Neurodivergent and Disabled People Need Most (That Keeps Getting Taken Away)
Autonomy isn’t about doing everything alone. It’s about choosing who sits beside us. For NeuroDivergent and disabled people, that choice is often taken away, sometimes with the best intentions.
REPLAY - PAID Subscriber Live - NeuroDivergent Rebel - The Trauma of Thinking I Was a Bad and Flawed Person
In today’s totally PAID LIVE video replay, I talk about the trauma of not thinking we are inherently flawed or broken people.
UPDATED - NeuroDivergent Rebel LIVE Replay - Talking About Autistic Burnout
In today’s free Substack LIVE video replay, I talk about Autistic burnout, what it is, what causes it, and how it differs from depression and non-autistic burnout.
I REALLY Wish People Would Stop Platforming People Like Uta Frith (and others who talk over Autistic people)
Personally, I really wish Uta Frith would shut up, mind her own business, and leave us Autistic people alone…. But that’s just me.
Autistic Burnout - The 'Mystery Illness' That Doctors Missed for 30 Years (And Why a Vacation Won't Fix It)
Autistic Burnout Is Not Depression. It's a Life-Threatening Energy Crisis. I spent 6 years recovering from Autistic burnout. Here is what I learned.
You Weren't the Problem. The System Was. Here’s How I Know.
I Was Told to 'Act Normal. I Wanted to Be a Cat. Here’s What That Actually Meant. - From 'Born Wrong' to Nonbinary & Autistic: The One Label That Saved My Life.
I was asked my opinion on the use of behavioral modification programs on Neurodivergent people today…
My opinion is they can be extremely harmful.