Hey Humans , Lyric here. You may know me as the Neurodivergent Rebel and this week we’re going to talk about, one of the worst things, for me, about anxiety, is that it is a major killer of creativity, and for creative people, sometimes that means our ability to work.

If you would like to know more about this particular topic, please do stay tuned.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2021/07/14/the-dangers-of-assuming-all-autistic-people-have-anxiety-how-anxiety-messes-with-my-life/

Hey Humans Lyric Holmans here, NeuroDivergent Rebel, and this week comes a question I see frequently online: Is Autism a disability?

If you would like to know my thoughts, please do stay tuned.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2021/07/07/is-autism-a-disability-neurodiversity-and-the-social-model-of-disability/

Lyric Homans  here. I’m the NeuroDivergent Rebel, and this week we’re going to talk about boundaries and consent with Autistic People, and why it is so important that we do explain boundaries and healthy relationships to Autistic people, instead of assuming that we will never have these things, or are uncapable of understanding these concepts.

If you would like to know more. Please do stay tuned.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2021/06/30/why-we-need-to-teach-boundaries-consent-to-autistic-people/

One of my biggest struggles, as an Autistic Person with Sensory Processing Differences, is often the modern indoor sensory environment (especially places where many humans tend to gather under one roof).

Before I knew I was Autistic, I would find myself in these places, feeling extremely agitated and overwhelmed but not realizing this feeling was sensory overload, and my flight/fight response being triggered.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2021/06/24/the-miracle-of-assistive-technology-for-auditory-processing-problems-in-public/

Polyamorous people are able to have multiple relationships with multiple people at once. This extends beyond casual one-night stands, swinging, or flings (though there’s nothing wrong with that if that’s what you’re into as long as you don’t hurt people and have partners that are okay with that).

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2021/06/23/neurodivergent-polyamory-autistic-nonconformity-in-my-relationships/

Today I managed to brush my teeth, with my electric toothbrush, for about ten seconds.

Now many of you are likely thinking to yourselves at this point that ten seconds is not nearly enough time to brush one’s mouth thoroughly, and I will admit that I would have loved to brush longer, but today ten seconds was a victory.

I’m Autistic. A big part of that is altered sensory processing that can make sensations most people ignore entirely overwhelming.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2021/06/23/toothbrush-sensory-nightmare-autism-toothbrushing/

June 18th is Autistic Pride Day, within Queer Pride Month.

These are independent events. This is not a pride only for Queer Autistic People -just for the record, because that question has been asked of me before.

What is Autistic Pride Day and why is this a thing?

Well, if you would like to know more, please do stay tuned.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2021/06/18/june-18th-is-autistic-pride-day-what-is-autistic-pride-day-and-why-we-need-pride-for-autistic-people/

How might one know that they themselves are nonbinary?  I’m going to share my perspective and hopefully this can be helpful to you.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2021/06/16/how-do-i-know-if-i-am-nonbinary-my-enby-gender-journey/

Human sexual orientation is a spectrum, like Autism NeuroDiverseity, sexuality is a spectrum. Just like gender and many of the other things we will be discussing here this month. I remember the first thing I was ever attracted to and I say thing because it was not a person.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2021/06/09/pride-month-im-pansexual-my-neurodivergent-journey-with-sexual-orientation/

Being Autistic is not all sunshine and rainbows. In fact, it sucks sometimes, especially because of society systems & the world being stacked against us. Let’s talk about why some of us share the good parts of being Autistic:

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2021/06/05/neurodiversity-disability-flexing-the-systems-instead-of-blaming-people-for-being-unable-to-fit-in/