“You’re NOT Autistic! Late-onset Autism isn’t a thing!” She said, quickly shutting down any conversations about my late Autism diagnosis.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/03/31/late-autism-diagnosis-generational-trauma-when-loved-ones-dont-accept-that-you-are-autistic/

Visibility is intentional defiance when people hate you and want you to make yourself small.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/03/31/international-transgender-day-of-visibility-visibility-is-defiance/

Despite what is represented in media, Autistic People don’t vanish at the age of 18, and we don’t become “less Autistic” as we age either.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/03/29/autism-doesnt-end-at-18-what-happens-when-autistic-adults-age/

I was almost 30 when I found out I was Autistic. The diagnosis, presented to me in the fall of 2016, became a guiding light in my life, illuminating and clearing confusion that I’d been living in.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/03/28/autism-isnt-something-i-take-with-me-it-is-me-i-am-autistic/

Learning I’m Autistic, and making the choice to learn who the most authentic version of myself could be is the reason I discovered I’m nonbinary.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/03/27/neurodivergent-nonbinary-neuroqueering-neuroadventures/

Many Autistic People have co-occurring health conditions, in addition to Autism. I am no exception. When I became burned out, these conditions flared, leading to my diagnosis at the age of 29.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/03/24/autistic-burnout-saved-my-life-is-how-i-learned-that-im-autistic/

The missing generation is Autistic/NeuroDivergent adults, typically growing up in the 1990’s (or earlier) who were missed, not discovered to be NeuroDivergent as children.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/03/22/the-missing-generations-of-autistic-people/

Unfortunately, though I was excited to share this new, life-affirming information with others, MOST of the people in my life were NOT as enthusiastic, as my friend had been, when I attempted to share my Autism diagnosis with them.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/03/21/autism-understanding-rebirth-disclosures-loss-love/

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.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/03/20/who-is-lyric-rivera-the-neurodivergent-rebel/

David & Lyric Rivera talk about Autistic Differences – Food Sensitivities and Friendships

This is Pt 8 (the final part) of the interview with David. Stay tuned for a NEW interview next week!!!!

This episode is also available as a blog post with transcription on my website:

https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2023/02/22/askingautistics-david-lyric-rivera-autistic-differences-food-sensitivities-and-friendships/