Sitemap - 2025 - NeuroDivergent Rebel’s Substack

"You're Too Smart to Be Acting This Way" & The Lifelong Harm of Neuronormative Expectations: What My 'Gifted' Label Actually Cost Me - A Late-Diagnosed Autistic Perspective

Get eBooks of Workplace NeuroDiversity Rising & The Weight of Normal Half Price Until January 1, 2026!

The Age of Dysregulation: How Unregulated Emotions and Senses are Breaking Our World

You Asked, We Listened: the Adult Version of 'Autism, Identity & Me' is officially in the works!

They/Them is a versatile pronoun

Rebecca Duffus & Lyric Rivera on Autistic Identity - Full-Tilt Parenting Podcast

Animals can say so much, without using a single word.

We Travel with Our Home: An Autistic Escape from Overwhelm

A bit disappointed. . .

Neurodivergent Children Often Struggle More With Homework (and school systems that ignore their needs)

The Last Puppy in the Box - If We Only Listen: A Story of Cross-Species Understanding

Why the labels High Functioning and Low Functioning Autism miss the mark and harm Autistic People

Rest Is Not a Reward. It's a Right. - We Are Not Burnt Out. We Are Being Burned. - On Being Fuel, Instead of Being Fed.

The Real-World Impact of Eliminationist Rhetoric on Autistic People

Beyond the "Cause": What the Autistic Community Actually Needs

#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs - The War on Autism is Back. And So Are We.

Will We Ever Learn?: The Cycle is Repeating. I Can't Look Away.

"Let Them Choke": My Rejection of Other People's Comfort. I Refuse to Be a Bite-Sized Identity. - My Identity Isn't a Monolith. Stop Asking It to Be & Why I Won't 'Stick to Neurodiversity'

The Government Shut Down. Who's Protecting Our Parks and Public Lands? - An Open Letter to Anyone Who Loves Public Lands

Neurodivergent Rebel LIVE: WTF is going on in the U.S. Right now???

I'm Autistic. The Government's "New" Rhetoric Feels Eerily Familiar. The Chilling Historical Parallel to the Nazi Aktion T4 Program Today's Anti-Autistic Rhetoric.

It's Too Late to Delete Your Posts and Comments - What Happens When Protest Becomes Terrorism?

On “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence”

Neurodivergent Rebel LIVE Replay:Autism, Trans NVEs, Bathroom Bans, Kimmel & MORE!

I’m Autistic and I just finished watching the regime’s propaganda announcement about Autism. Here are my initial thoughts:

The "Autism Epidemic" Is a Lie: Trump's "Historic" Autism Announcement Is a Declaration of War on Autistic People

The FBI is being urged to add “Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism” aka “TIVE” to its list of domestic extremist groups so that it could “detect, disrupt, & dismantle TIVE cells.

As an Autistic Person, I I Find Humans Confusing and Understand Non-Human Animals Better - I Speak Fluent Dog. Human? Still Learning.

On Autism, Anger, and Acceptance: The Anger No One Told Me Would Come With My Autism Diagnosis

Neurodivergent Rebel LIVE Replay - News and current events - Christian Nationalists making Charlie Kirk into a Martyr

Imagine a Childhood You Don't Have to Recover From. We Are.

REPLAY: Lyric Rivera (NeuroDivergent Rebel) & Nicola Rose (MAGNETOSPHERE) talking about Synesthesia and Nicola's latest film (MAGNETOSPHERE) LIVE on Substack

Bedtime Spider Shenanigans

Mutual Aid & Community Care Are the Antithesis of Capitalistic Greed

Monday Morning LIVE REPLAY: Is Trump coming out of hiding later today?

Wearing Your Resistance: The ALL NEW Fall Edition of the NeuroDivergent Rebel "Refusing Assimilation" Shirt is HERE!!!

"No Sunglasses in Class!"- An Autistic Story of Systemic Gaslighting

ADHD, Complex Trauma, or BOTH? - A Fog Lifted: What Happened When I Finally Stopped Dissociating

LIVE VIDEO REPLAY: Steve Hofstetter & Neurodivergent Rebel

Watch till the end for an exiting announcement!!

MAGA is Not a Movement. It's a Cult: The 5 Tactics That Define MAGA.

LIVE (Replay): Good Morning Rebels and members of the anti-fascist resistance! Calling Out Christian Symbols and Hypocrisy Today

The Mask That Almost Killed Me: On NeuroDivergence, Forced Assimilation, and Self-Abandonment

Thriving in Chaos: As The World is Crumbling, My Mental Health is Stronger Than Ever - Just in Time for the Fight

Invisible & Drowning: My Negativity Was a Cry for Help - Toxic Positivity Kills: My Year of Being Told to Smile While Drowning

Neurodivergent Rebel - LIVE Morning Coffee Chat (Replay)

Religious Indoctrination of Children Is Child Abuse: Here's Why I Won't Apologize for Calling Religious Indoctrination Child Abuse.

Neurodivergent Rebel LIVE (replay): My Neurodivergent Self Discovery Journey 9 Years After Being Diagnosed Autistic

What if???

LIVE Replay from NeuroDivergent Rebel's July 28 2025 stream - Something VERY different today!!!

I Was Told to Get a "Real Job." It Nearly Ended Me - How Society's Dream Became My Nightmare

Autistic or Person with Autism??? How about… we listen to each other and stop making demands about how we describe our own experiences??!

Society Trained Me to Swallow My Rage. My Autistic Self Said "No More." - "Repression = Strength" Was a Dangerous Lie I Believed (Until My Diagnosis).

I Was Diagnosed Autistic at the Age of 29. . . Then I Realized What Else I Had Been Missing

Dismantling the Lies of Neuro-Normativity: The Weight of Normal Almost Killed Me - Autism Was My First Clue That My Brain Wasn't Broken

Neurodivergent Rebel’s weekly live current events chat

Neurodivergent Rebel’s weekly LIVE Current Events Commentary 7/11/2025

“That’s what Texas Voted for” and other cruelties… aren’t “it”.

We absolutely shouldn’t agree on EVERYTHING!

This isn’t JUST a NeuroDiversity Blog

Do you have any meditative practices?

Neurodivergent Rebel Current Events Recap & Commentary - 07/01/2025 LIVE Video Replay

Un-fucking My Mind - An Autistic Awakening in a Fucked-Up World.

A Radical Gift I Never Expected: What The NeuroDivergent Rebel Community Taught Me.

LIVE Video Replay: NeuroDivergent Rebel Monday Morning Musings 6/23/2025

The Cost of "Earning" Rest: When Hustle Culture Meets an Autistic Brain

The Box of Shame Almost Crushed Me but Autistic Pride Was My Escape - The Dangerous Trap of "Battling Autism" (And How It Nearly Killed Me)

LIVE Video Replay: NeuroDivergent Rebel -Current Events Commentary - June 17, 2025

🌍 My Gifts to the World 🌎

Assimilate or Be Punished: My Multiply NeuroDivergent School Years - They Called it Bad Behavior; It Was Unmet Needs

They Killed the Rivers. They Cut the Trees. Now They're Sending the Guard. This is Texas.

LIVE Video Replay: Monday Morning Coffee Chat with NeuroDivergent Rebel Talking About Trump's Deployment of Troops in California

The NeuroDivergent Rebel Report: My Pride Month Talk Got Canceled. Here's Why That's Bigger Than Just Me

LIVE Video Replay: NeuroDivergent Rebel Pride Month Coffee Chat

Wear Your Resistance: The "Refusing Assimilation" Shirt is Back... With a NEW Look!

Project 2025 aims to re-criminalize Queer existence — just like pre-Stonewall America.

LIVE Video Replay: Elon is or is NOT Having His “Last Day” at the White House (and MORE!)

The World We Live in - The World We Allow

Does Your Soul Have a Reset Button? Mine's Hidden Deep in the Woods.

LIVE Video Replay: Neurodivergent Rebel Current Events and News Commentary

When Will America Wake Up? The Constitutional Violations Pushing Us Toward Authoritarianism

Productivity ≠ Humanity: Autism Isn’t the Problem—Ignorance Is - How RFK Jr. Got It Dangerously Wrong

5/12/2025 - SUBSCRIBER ONLY LIVE Video Replay: The Trump Regime Wants to Bring Conversion “Therapy” Back

Old Trees Outlive Empires: Churches Don’t Grow Leaves - Confessions of an Autistic Earth-Worshipper in a Dying Texas

Stop Telling Me My Autism Isn’t ‘Real’: Late Diagnosis Doesn’t Mean ‘Autism Lite’

Subscriber ONLY Live Replay: WTF America… is this real life???

Trump’s Dangerous Due Process Double Standard—Why It Could Strip Your (or Anyone's) Rights Next

Anti-Fascist Ravings of a NeuroDivergent Rebel (Talking about Current Events and US Politics) - Subscriber ONLY Live Video Replay from 4/16/2025

Autism, Ablesplaining, and the Audacity of Non-Autistic ‘Experts’: Nothing About Us Without Us - The Resurgence of Anti-Autistic Rhetoric and Why It Matters

The Real Autism Crisis? We have an Epidemic of Ignorance, Not Autistic People—An Open Letter to RFK and the World

They Want Us Divided but United We Stand - The Real Enemy Are the Billionaire Oligarchs Manipulating and Pulling the Strings

RFK Doesn’t Know Autism & Other US Fascism Sh*t - Sincerely, An Autistic Adult (We Exist, RFK!) LIVE Video Replay from 4/16/2025

Kidnapped by the State: How Trump’s ‘Criminals’ Are Disappeared Without Due Process

Assimilation Nearly Killed Me. What If We Stopped Asking Neurodivergent People to Blend In?

Do you feel liberated yet? - April 9 2025 - Subscriber ONLY LIVE REPLAY

The Next Nationwide Protest Event on April 19 (another Saturday)

Your Rebellion, Your Rules: Resistance Comes in Many Forms - Claiming Your Right to Rebel (On Your Terms)

Remember when... Limited Edition Refusing Assimilation Shirts are BACK (Till April 16)

March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility, but in America, it's Dangerous for Trans People to Be Visible

Birthdays, Breakdowns, and Breakthroughs: My Journey to Self-Compassion in Chaos

April is coming… my Autistic thoughts about Autism Awareness and Autism Month

March 24 2025 - Subscriber ONLY LIVE REPLAY: People Are Being TAKEN Without Due Process but Protests and Boycotts are Working

Social Media Blackout (Friday, March 21, 2025)

PAID SUBSCRIBERS ONLY LIVE REPLAY: Tesla Boycotts are Working (Elon has been complaining about it on Twitter), ignoring court orders, & illegal deportations, Oh my!!!

Mars Won’t Save Us: Why Protecting Earth’s Wild Spaces is Our Only Hope

Protest, Prepare, Persevere: How a Beat Up Old Truck Became a Beacon of Hope in a Chaotic World

March and April 2025 U.S. (and Global) Anti-Fascism Boycott Events

PAID SUBSCRIBERS ONLY LIVE REPLAY: US & Global Events, Protests, Nazis, Nationalists, & Billionaire Robber-Barons

3/5/2025 - PAID SUBSCRIBERS ONLY LIVE VIDEO REPLAY: US Politics, Christian Nationalism, Nazis in the Whitehouse, & Current World Events

From Neuro-Inclusion to Resisting Fascism: Why My Activism Had to Change Shape, March Fundraiser, & Signed Books - Oh my!

I Pulled My Self-Published Book from Amazon on Friday and Now I Need Your Help More than Ever

2/27/2025 PAID SUBSCRIBERS ONLY LIVE Replay: Talking current events, protests, and boycotts

Tuning Out the Noise, Turning Up the Fight: How I am Surviving (and Resisting Fascism) in 2025 and Beyond

The People’s Strike: Join the February 28th Economic Boycott to Take Back Power

They Called Me Paranoid—Until Project 2025 Proved Me Right.

PAID Members ONLY Replay: I am just one person, what can I do to help?

ALL NEW - Always Mock the Rich Protest Shirts and Sweaters

The United States Government in the Cross-hairs of Elon Musk & DOGE

This isn't how I wanted to spend my year....

Why were some people more vulnerable than others to the MAGA cult?

Updates & Protest Photos from Yesterday's March & What to Expect from Me in the Coming Months

Live Replay (Subscriber ONLY)- Talking current events and more

February 1 hour Zoom One to One "Ask Me Anything" Session are Here!

ALL NEW! Eat the Rich (with sauce), We Outnumber Them, and Who's the CEO? Protest Shirts and Sweaters

Watch This Hand (Not THAT One): How Our Current Administration Distracts While Destroying

TikTok's Return: A Government Plot or a False Hope? The Oligarchy's War on Free Speech - TikTok, Trump, and What’s Really Going On

The Fear That Keeps Me Up at Night: Inauguration Day, the TikTok Ban, and the Future of America Under President Trump

Learning I was NeuroDivergent at 29: Do I wish I could have found out sooner? No! And here's why....

Looking at NeuroDivergent Masking Differently: The Choice to Camouflage One's NeuroDivergence... or Not.

Texas' Medical Cannabis Crisis: From Low-THC to High-Stakes - Why the State's 'Compassionate Use' Program is Falling Short for Texans

NeuroDiversity as a Tool for Unlocking Compassion (for the Self and Others)

NeuroDiversity, the Medical Model, the Social Model, & Is NeuroDivergence a Disability?

1 hour Zoom One to One "Ask Me Anything" Session are BACK!!!

New Year, New Start, New Goals - What to Expect from me and the NeuroDivergent Rebel blog in 2025