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¿Sabías que la mitad de lo que creemos sobre las emociones autistas está basado en un error científico? Durante décadas, la investigación confundió alexitimia con autismo, creando el mito dañino de "la persona autista sin emociones".

En este episodio revelador, desenredamos esta confusión histórica y exploramos la alexitimia—literalmente "sin palabras para los sentimientos"—que afecta al 50% de las personas autistas pero NO define al autismo mismo.

Acompáñanos en un viaje desde los errores de investigación de los años 70 hasta las vidas reales de Camila (barista chilanga), Sebastián (estudiante tapatío), Esperanza (canal claro emocional) y mi propia historia de burnout académico y autodescubrimiento tardío.

Descubrirás:

• Por qué los estudios mezclaron dos fenómenos diferentes
• Cómo diferentes cerebros expresan emociones de formas válidas
• Herramientas prácticas para construir vocabulario emocional
• La diferencia entre no sentir y no poder traducir sentimientos

Este episodio combina rigor académico con narrativa íntima, ofreciendo tanto comprensión científica como esperanza práctica para quienes navegan la compleja relación entre sentir intensamente y encontrar palabras para esa experiencia.

Porque el problema nunca fue nuestras emociones—el problema era que el mundo no sabía escucharlas.

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Thank you for listening to Neuro Rebel — the bilingual podcast where we flip the script on what it means to think differently. I’m your host, Anita: autistic, gifted, and a retired law professor on a mission to bring rigor, empathy, and a dash of rebellion to conversations about neurodiversity.

🔍 What we do:
Each week, we blend evidence-based deep dives, solo reflections, and candid interviews with researchers and lived-experience experts. Expect English ↔ Español segments, sharp wit, real stories and actionable insights you can share with friends, colleagues, and classrooms.

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Are autistic people really "emotionless"? This groundbreaking episode reveals how decades of autism research accidentally created one of the most harmful stereotypes about neurodivergent minds.

Discover alexithymia—the difficulty identifying and describing emotions that affects 50% of autistic people, but is completely separate from autism itself. Host Anita, a late-diagnosed autistic academic, unravels the research mix-up that confused two different conditions and painted all autistic people as lacking empathy.

What You'll Learn:

• Why "emotionless autistic" stereotypes are scientifically wrong
• How alexithymia creates a "translation gap" between feelings and words
• The difference between not having emotions vs. struggling to express them
• Why separating alexithymia from autism changes everything about empathy research
• Practical tools for building emotional vocabulary and recognition
• How families, workplaces, and communities can support different emotional expressions

Meet the Voices: Elena, the barista navigating workplace emotional expectations; Marcus, managing sensory overwhelm; Alice, showing care through actions, not words; and Anita's journey from academic burnout to understanding.

Research-Based: Grounded in peer-reviewed studies from leading psychology journals, including landmark research by Bird & Cook, Shah et al., and comprehensive meta-analyses on alexithymia prevalence.

Perfect for autistic adults, families, mental health professionals, educators, and anyone curious about neurodivergent emotional experiences. No jargon, no inspiration porn—just honest, evidence-based exploration of how different minds navigate feelings.

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Thank you for listening to Neuro Rebel — the bilingual podcast where we flip the script on what it means to think differently. I’m your host, Anita: autistic, gifted, and a retired law professor on a mission to bring rigor, empathy, and a dash of rebellion to conversations about neurodiversity.

🔍 What we do:
Each week, we blend evidence-based deep dives, solo reflections, and candid interviews with researchers and lived-experience experts. Expect English ↔ Español segments, sharp wit, real stories and actionable insights you can share with friends, colleagues, and classrooms.

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¿Alguna vez has sentido que todos los demás recibieron un manual para ser humano que de alguna manera se perdió en tu buzón? ¿Te han llamado "demasiado sensible" toda la vida, pero ahora te preguntas si había algo más profundo detrás de esa etiqueta?

Este episodio es para todas las navegadoras extraordinarias que pasaron décadas siguiendo coordenadas equivocadas. Exploramos el fenómeno creciente del diagnóstico tardío de neurodivergencia, autismo, TDAH, y Altas Capacidades, y por qué tantas mentes brillantes han estado usando GPS defectuoso para navegar sus propias vidas.

A través de la metáfora del sistema de navegación, descubrimos cómo el enmascaramiento funciona como "anulación manual" de nuestra brújula interna, los sesgos sistémicos que mantienen ciertos perfiles neurológicos sin mapear, y el proceso revolucionario de aprender a elegir conscientemente nuestras rutas auténticas.

Desde profesoras de derecho hasta representantes bilingües de servicio al cliente, escuchamos historias de reconocimiento que transforman décadas de "ser diferente" en coordenadas precisas para territorio neurológico real.

Tu diagnóstico tardío no es tardío: es justo a tiempo para un momento histórico donde finalmente tenemos las herramientas para mapear rutas que antes no existían.

Prepara tu juguete fidget favorito y acompáñanos en este viaje hacia tu propia revolución del reconocimiento.

Advertencias: Discusión de burnout neurodivergente, capacitismo sistémico, reconstrucción de identidad.

No necesitamos ser arregladas—necesitamos coordenadas correctas.

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Thank you for listening to Neuro Rebel — the bilingual podcast where we flip the script on what it means to think differently. I’m your host, Anita: autistic, gifted, and a retired law professor on a mission to bring rigor, empathy, and a dash of rebellion to conversations about neurodiversity.

🔍 What we do:
Each week, we blend evidence-based deep dives, solo reflections, and candid interviews with researchers and lived-experience experts. Expect English ↔ Español segments, sharp wit, real stories and actionable insights you can share with friends, colleagues, and classrooms.

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Do you ever feel you need a GPS for your life?

Picture this: It's 2 AM, you're scrolling social media when a post about autism, ADHD, or giftedness stops you cold. "That sounds exactly like me." But then: "I can't be neurodivergent. I have friends, went to college, and hold down a job."

You're not alone. Millions discover their neurodivergent identity in adulthood after decades of following wrong GPS coordinates for their own minds.

Host Anita, a late-diagnosed autistic/gifted law professor, explores this profound journey through the GPS metaphor. Why do so many brilliant people spend decades lost? Because the original navigation systems were programmed by people who never traveled these neurological routes.

Discover:

• Why late diagnosis isn't personal failure: it's systemic malfunction
• The hidden neurobiological cost of "masking" and social override
• How diagnostic bias excludes women, POC, and gifted individuals
• The revolutionary act of authentic wayfinding after decades of wrong directions
• Why your late diagnosis is perfectly timed for this historical moment

From GPS recalibration to burnout breakthrough, from systemic bias to community revolution, this episode reframes late-diagnosed neurodivergence as the story of extraordinary navigators finally getting accurate coordinates.

Your pattern recognition wasn't a coincidence. It was expertise. Your clarity wasn't luck. It was wisdom. Your integration isn't remedial. It's revolutionary.

Ready to find your true coordinates? Let's navigate together.

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Thank you for listening to Neuro Rebel — the bilingual podcast where we flip the script on what it means to think differently. I’m your host, Anita: autistic, gifted, and a retired law professor on a mission to bring rigor, empathy, and a dash of rebellion to conversations about neurodiversity.

🔍 What we do:
Each week, we blend evidence-based deep dives, solo reflections, and candid interviews with researchers and lived-experience experts. Expect English ↔ Español segments, sharp wit, real stories and actionable insights you can share with friends, colleagues, and classrooms.

🎧 Stay connected:
• Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen.
• 📲 Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @neurorebelpodcast for bonus clips, show notes, and community prompts.
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If Neuro Rebel sparks new questions, challenges assumptions or simply makes you feel seen, please tell a friend or leave a rating—it means the world. You can also support us directly with a one-time donation or “buy me a coffee” at www.neurorebelpodcast.com/support Your generosity keeps this project fiercely independent, bilingual, and free of corporate agendas.

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Las personas autistas sienten empatía? Este mito persistente revela todo lo que está mal en cómo consumimos información sobre neurodiversidad. Únete a la profesora Anita, activista y autista de altas capacidades, mientras te enseña a convertirte en detective de información en un mundo de desinformación.

Dominarás el Marco de 5 Preguntas que expone sesgos ocultos en investigación autista:

• Historia de Origen - De dónde vienen realmente los mitos
• Evidencia Faltante - Qué investigación nunca has escuchado
• Rastro de Incentivos - Quién se beneficia cuando persisten los mitos
• Prueba de Experiencia - Por qué la experiencia vivida importa
• Filtro de Aplicación - Cómo usar este conocimiento

Descubre por qué el mito "personas autistas carecen de empatía" sobrevivió a pesar de evidencia contradictoria, aprende sobre la investigación revolucionaria del "problema de doble empatía" de Damian Milton, y desarrolla herramientas de pensamiento crítico que funcionan en CUALQUIER afirmación sobre neurodiversidad.

Perfecto para: Autogestores buscando validación, familias navegando diagnóstico, profesionales queriendo comprensión más profunda, cualquiera ahogándose en información contradictoria sobre neurodiversidad.

Advertencia: Nunca más aceptarás afirmaciones sobre mentes neurodivergentes al pie de la letra.

🎧 NeuroRebel: Donde rigor académico encuentra experiencia vivida 🔗 Transcripción completa: neurorebelpodcast.com 📱 Comunidad: @neurorebelpodcast

#AutismoEmpatía #MitosAutismo #PensamientoCrítico #NeurodiversidadLatina**

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Thank you for listening to Neuro Rebel — the bilingual podcast where we flip the script on what it means to think differently. I’m your host, Anita: autistic, gifted, and a retired law professor on a mission to bring rigor, empathy, and a dash of rebellion to conversations about neurodiversity.

🔍 What we do:
Each week, we blend evidence-based deep dives, solo reflections, and candid interviews with researchers and lived-experience experts. Expect English ↔ Español segments, sharp wit, real stories and actionable insights you can share with friends, colleagues, and classrooms.

🎧 Stay connected:
• Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen.
• 📲 Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @neurorebelpodcast for bonus clips, show notes, and community prompts.
• 💌 Join our mailing list at https://www.neurorebelpodcast.com for episode transcripts, resource guides, and early access to live Q&As.

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Do autistic people feel empathy? This persistent myth reveals everything that is wrong with how we consume neurodiversity information. Join retired law professor and autistic advocate, Anita, as she teaches you to become an information detective in a world of misinformation.

You'll master the 5-Question Framework that exposes hidden bias in autism research:

• The Origin Story: Where myths actually come from

 • Missing Evidence: What research you've never heard about

 • The Incentive Trail: Who benefits when myths persist

 • The Experience Test: Why lived experience matters

 • The Application Filter: How to use this knowledge

Discover why the "autistic people lack empathy" myth survived despite contradictory evidence, learn about Damian Milton's game-changing "double empathy problem" research, and develop critical thinking tools that work on ANY neurodiversity claim.

Whether you're autistic, ADHD, gifted, questioning your neurodivergence, or supporting someone who is, this episode transforms you from a passive information consumer to a sophisticated analyst.

Perfect for: Self-advocates seeking validation, families navigating diagnosis, professionals wanting a deeper understanding, and anyone drowning in conflicting neurodiversity information.

Warning: You'll never accept claims about neurodivergent minds at face value again.

🎧 NeuroRebel: Where academic rigor meets lived experience 🔗 Full transcript: neurorebelpodcast.com
📱 Community: @neurorebelpodcast

#AutismEmpathy #NeurodiversityMyths #CriticalThinking #AutismResearch #ActuallyAutistic**

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Thank you for listening to Neuro Rebel — the bilingual podcast where we flip the script on what it means to think differently. I’m your host, Anita: autistic, gifted, and a retired law professor on a mission to bring rigor, empathy, and a dash of rebellion to conversations about neurodiversity.

🔍 What we do:
Each week, we blend evidence-based deep dives, solo reflections, and candid interviews with researchers and lived-experience experts. Expect English ↔ Español segments, sharp wit, real stories and actionable insights you can share with friends, colleagues, and classrooms.

🎧 Stay connected:
• Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen.
• 📲 Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @neurorebelpodcast for bonus clips, show notes, and community prompts.
• 💌 Join our mailing list at https://www.neurorebelpodcast.com for episode transcripts, resource guides, and early access to live Q&As.

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If Neuro Rebel sparks new questions, challenges assumptions or simply makes you feel seen, please tell a friend or leave a rating—it means the world. You can also support us directly with a one-time donation or “buy me a coffee” at www.neurorebelpodcast.com/support Your generosity keeps this project fiercely independent, bilingual, and free of corporate agendas.

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¿Qué pasa cuando toda una comunidad de expertos dice que lo que estás estudiando en realidad no existe?

En esta investigación profunda, Anita examina el Fenotipo Ampliado del Autismo (FAA) - un concepto científico ampliamente aceptado que afirma que los rasgos relacionados con el autismo existen en un continuo en las familias. Pero cuando finalmente se les preguntó a los investigadores autistas qué pensaban, sus respuestas deberían haber revolucionado el campo.

Descubre:

• Por qué las estimaciones de prevalencia del FAA varían del 2.6% al 80%
• Cómo los investigadores usan "rasgos autistas" sin definir el término
• Lo que realmente piensan los académicos autistas sobre esta investigación
• Por qué los mismos comportamientos se patologizan en algunos contextos pero no en otros
• Una explicación alternativa que podría cambiar todo
• Cómo las ideas del Norte Global se exportan a América Latina sin validación cultural

"Todos hacen stimming, pero solo lo llamamos así y lo patologizamos cuando ciertas personas neurodiversas lo hacen." - Alyssa Hillary, investigadora autista

Esta historia revela el colonialismo científico, cuestiona quién decide qué es "normal" en nuestras familias, y demuestra por qué necesitamos investigación CON personas autistas, no solo SOBRE ellas.

El fenotipo ampliado podría ser un fantasma, pero la sabiduría comunitaria autista es muy real.

Advertencia: Discusión de investigación genética y colonialismo científico.

Encuentra las notas de este programa en www.neurorebelpodcast.com

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Thank you for listening to Neuro Rebel — the bilingual podcast where we flip the script on what it means to think differently. I’m your host, Anita: autistic, gifted, and a retired law professor on a mission to bring rigor, empathy, and a dash of rebellion to conversations about neurodiversity.

🔍 What we do:
Each week, we blend evidence-based deep dives, solo reflections, and candid interviews with researchers and lived-experience experts. Expect English ↔ Español segments, sharp wit, real stories and actionable insights you can share with friends, colleagues, and classrooms.

🎧 Stay connected:
• Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen.
• 📲 Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @neurorebelpodcast for bonus clips, show notes, and community prompts.
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If Neuro Rebel sparks new questions, challenges assumptions or simply makes you feel seen, please tell a friend or leave a rating—it means the world. You can also support us directly with a one-time donation or “buy me a coffee” at www.neurorebelpodcast.com/support Your generosity keeps this project fiercely independent, bilingual, and free of corporate agendas.

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What happens when an entire community of experts says the thing you're studying doesn't actually exist?

In this investigative deep-dive, Anita examines the Broad Autism Phenotype (BAP) - a widely accepted scientific concept claiming autism-related traits exist on a continuum in families. But when autistic researchers were finally asked what they thought, their responses should have revolutionized the field.

Join Anita as she unravels the story of twenty autistic researchers, a survey that challenged decades of genetic studies, and Nick Chown's groundbreaking question: Are "autistic traits" real or mythical?

This episode reveals:

• Why do BAP prevalence estimates range wildly from 2.6% to 80%
• How researchers use "autistic traits" without defining the term
• What autistic scholars actually think about this research
• Why do the same behaviors get pathologized in some contexts but not others
• An alternative explanation that could change everything

"Everyone stims, but we only call it that and pathologize it when certain neurodiverse people do it." - Alyssa Hillary, autistic researcher

This isn't just about one research concept - it's about whose voices get heard in science, what happens when communities challenge established narratives, and why we need research WITH autistic people, not just ON them.

The broad autism phenotype might be a phantom, but autistic community wisdom is very real.

Content note: Discussion of genetic research and pathologization of traits.

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Thank you for listening to Neuro Rebel — the bilingual podcast where we flip the script on what it means to think differently. I’m your host, Anita: autistic, gifted, and a retired law professor on a mission to bring rigor, empathy, and a dash of rebellion to conversations about neurodiversity.

🔍 What we do:
Each week, we blend evidence-based deep dives, solo reflections, and candid interviews with researchers and lived-experience experts. Expect English ↔ Español segments, sharp wit, real stories and actionable insights you can share with friends, colleagues, and classrooms.

🎧 Stay connected:
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If Neuro Rebel sparks new questions, challenges assumptions or simply makes you feel seen, please tell a friend or leave a rating—it means the world. You can also support us directly with a one-time donation or “buy me a coffee” at www.neurorebelpodcast.com/support Your generosity keeps this project fiercely independent, bilingual, and free of corporate agendas.

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¿Qué es el autismo realmente? 🧠 Un Caleidoscopio de Comprensión

Descubre la verdad sobre el autismo más allá de definiciones médicas. En este episodio revolucionario de NeuroRebel, exploramos 5 perspectivas científicas que cambiarán tu comprensión: monotropismo, doble empatía, procesamiento sensorial, evolución humana e identidad autista.

🔍 Aprende sobre: • Monotropismo: teoría autista del enfoque profundo • Problema doble empatía vs mito déficit social • Procesamiento sensorial alta definición • Evidencia arqueológica neurodivergencia ancestral • Identidad autista: "el autismo soy yo"

🎯 Investigadores destacados: Damian Milton, Temple Grandin, Kamila Markram, Dinah Murray, Michelle Dawson

💡 Perfecto para: Adultos autistas, diagnóstico tardío, familias, profesionales salud mental, educadores, neurodivergentes, ADHD, padres autismo

🌟 Palabras clave: autismo definición, neurodiversidad, monotropismo, empatía autista, sensorial, identidad autista, investigación autism, diagnóstico tardío, neurodivergente, espectro autista

Podcast bilingüe español-inglés con rigor académico y experiencia vivida. Desafiamos estereotipos capacitistas y celebramos diversidad cognitiva.

🎧 Suscríbete para episodios sobre diagnóstico tardío, masking, burnout autista, redes sociales autodiagnóstico, mujeres autistas, y neurodivergencias en la cultura latina 

#Autismo #Neurodiversidad #PodcastEspañol #AutismoAdultos #MonotropismoTeoría #NeuroRebel

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Thank you for listening to Neuro Rebel — the bilingual podcast where we flip the script on what it means to think differently. I’m your host, Anita: autistic, gifted, and a retired law professor on a mission to bring rigor, empathy, and a dash of rebellion to conversations about neurodiversity.

🔍 What we do:
Each week, we blend evidence-based deep dives, solo reflections, and candid interviews with researchers and lived-experience experts. Expect English ↔ Español segments, sharp wit, real stories and actionable insights you can share with friends, colleagues, and classrooms.

🎧 Stay connected:
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What Is Autism? A Journey Through a Kaleidoscope of Meaning

The DSM-5 calls autism a "genetic neurodevelopmental condition," like saying a symphony is "organized sound waves." True, but missing the music entirely.

Join host Anita for a revolutionary exploration that shatters everything you thought you knew about autism. Using five distinct lenses, we'll discover why autism isn't one thing with one explanation, but multiple simultaneous truths happening at once.

🧠 The Attentional Lens: Meet Maya, a data scientist whose story reveals monotropism - how autistic attention flows in deep, powerful channels rather than wide streams.

🤝 The Communication Lens: Discover the double empathy problem - why communication difficulties between autistic and non-autistic people are bidirectional, not deficit-based.

🌟 The Sensory Lens: Explore Intense World Theory - autism as reality experienced in ultra-high definition, not reduced functioning.

🧬 The Evolutionary Lens: Uncover archaeological evidence that autism-like traits contributed to humanity's greatest innovations and survival.

🎭 The Identity Lens: Understand why "autism is me" represents a fundamental shift from medical pathology to neurological identity.

From cutting-edge theories by autistic researchers to evolutionary perspectives that reframe autism as cognitive specialization, this episode reveals autism as a "symphony of simultaneous truths."

Whether you're autistic, love someone who is, or simply curious about human neurodiversity, prepare to have your understanding transformed.

Perfect for: Anyone questioning what autism really means beyond clinical definitions.

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Thank you for listening to Neuro Rebel — the bilingual podcast where we flip the script on what it means to think differently. I’m your host, Anita: autistic, gifted, and a retired law professor on a mission to bring rigor, empathy, and a dash of rebellion to conversations about neurodiversity.

🔍 What we do:
Each week, we blend evidence-based deep dives, solo reflections, and candid interviews with researchers and lived-experience experts. Expect English ↔ Español segments, sharp wit, real stories and actionable insights you can share with friends, colleagues, and classrooms.

🎧 Stay connected:
• Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen.
• 📲 Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @neurorebelpodcast for bonus clips, show notes, and community prompts.
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If Neuro Rebel sparks new questions, challenges assumptions or simply makes you feel seen, please tell a friend or leave a rating—it means the world. You can also support us directly with a one-time donation or “buy me a coffee” at www.neurorebelpodcast.com/support Your generosity keeps this project fiercely independent, bilingual, and free of corporate agendas.

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