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The Constitutional Violations Pushing Us Toward Authoritarianism", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2025/05/19/when-will-america-wake-up-the-constitutional-violations-pushing-us-toward-authoritarianism/", "published_at": "2025-05-19T18:00:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-bf19-7255-927d-0cfc9552599d", "title": "5/12/2025 – SUBSCRIBER ONLY LIVE Video Replay: The Trump Regime Wants to Bring Conversion “Therapy” Back", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2025/05/13/5-12-2025-subscriber-only-live-video-replay-the-trump-regime-wants-to-bring-conversion-therapy-back/", "published_at": "2025-05-13T14:24:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-bf19-7255-927d-0cfc95e46739", "title": "Productivity ≠ Humanity: Autism Isn’t the Problem—Ignorance Is – How RFK Jr. Got It Dangerously Wrong", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2025/05/13/productivity-%e2%89%a0-humanity-autism-isnt-the-problem-ignorance-is-how-rfk-jr-got-it-dangerously-wrong/", "published_at": "2025-05-13T14:01:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-354c-7228-a7c4-413aa366baa7", "title": "Stop Telling Me My Autism Isn’t ‘Real’: Late Diagnosis Doesn’t Mean ‘Autism Lite’", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2025/05/08/stop-telling-me-my-autism-isnt-real-late-diagnosis-doesnt-mean-autism-lite/", "published_at": "2025-05-08T14:48:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-354c-7228-a7c4-413aa3eba016", "title": "Live: WTF America… is this real life???", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2025/05/05/live-wtf-america-is-this-real-life/", "published_at": "2025-05-05T17:29:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-354c-7228-a7c4-413aa42ac1aa", "title": "Trump’s Dangerous Due Process Double Standard—Why It Could Strip Your (or Anyone’s) Rights Next", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2025/05/01/trumps-dangerous-due-process-double-standard-why-it-could-strip-your-or-anyones-rights-next/", "published_at": "2025-05-01T18:12:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-354c-7228-a7c4-413aa45ed755", "title": "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", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2025/01/22/tiktoks-return-a-government-plot-or-a-false-hope-the-oligarchys-war-on-free-speech-tiktok-trump-and-whats-really-going-on/", "published_at": "2025-01-22T21:31:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-354c-7228-a7c4-413aa51a6dd6", "title": "The Fear That Keeps Me Up at Night: Inauguration Day, the TikTok Ban, and the Future of America Under President Trump", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2025/01/20/the-fear-that-keeps-me-up-at-night-inauguration-day-the-tiktok-ban-and-the-future-of-america-under-president-trump/", "published_at": "2025-01-20T19:26:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-354c-7228-a7c4-413aa58f4b38", "title": "Learning I was NeuroDivergent at 29: Do I wish I could have found out sooner? No! And here’s why….", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2025/01/15/learning-i-was-neurodivergent-at-29-do-i-wish-i-could-have-found-out-sooner-no-and-heres-why/", "published_at": "2025-01-15T21:09:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-354c-7228-a7c4-413aa59ca310", "title": "Looking at NeuroDivergent Masking Differently: The Choice to Camouflage One’s NeuroDivergence… or Not.", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2025/01/13/looking-at-neurodivergent-masking-differently-the-choice-to-camouflage-ones-neurodivergence-or-not/", "published_at": "2025-01-13T21:20:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-354c-7228-a7c4-413aa64f6612", "title": "NeuroDiversity as a Tool for Unlocking Compassion (for the Self and Others)", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2025/01/09/neurodiversity-as-a-tool-for-unlocking-compassion-for-the-self-and-others/", "published_at": "2025-01-09T21:52:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-354c-7228-a7c4-413aa74e83ba", "title": "NeuroDiversity, the Medical Model, the Social Model, & Is NeuroDivergence a Disability?", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2025/01/07/neurodiversity-the-medical-model-the-social-model-is-neurodivergence-a-disability/", "published_at": "2025-01-07T22:02:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbf-354c-7228-a7c4-413aa7604d26", "title": "1 hour Zoom One to One “Ask Me Anything” Session are BACK!!!", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2025/01/06/1-hour-zoom-one-to-one-ask-me-anything-session-are-back/", "published_at": "2025-01-06T17:47:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-a721-71ad-bdcd-cf2aa674cd11", "title": "Do NeuroTypical People REALLY Exist?", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2025/01/03/do-neurotypical-people-really-exist/", "published_at": "2025-01-03T16:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-a721-71ad-bdcd-cf2aa7403b9e", "title": "Available NOW: Autism, Identity and Me Workbook for Children and Young People Aged 10+ and Parent Guide!!!", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2024/12/30/available-now-autism-identity-and-me-workbook-for-children-and-young-people-aged-10-and-parent-guide/", "published_at": "2024-12-30T19:43:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-a721-71ad-bdcd-cf2aa7479bf9", "title": "What NeuroDivergent People Need to Be Successful in the World", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2024/12/26/what-neurodivergent-people-need-to-be-successful-in-the-world/", "published_at": "2024-12-26T21:01:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-a721-71ad-bdcd-cf2aa83cdf84", "title": "Inclusion, NOT Segregation, Through Universal Design", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2024/12/24/inclusion-not-segregation-through-universal-design/", "published_at": "2024-12-24T19:02:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-a721-71ad-bdcd-cf2aa9131511", "title": "NeuroDivergent Employment is Just ONE Problem We Need to Correct to Make a More Neuro-Inclusive World", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2024/12/18/neurodivergent-employment-is-just-one-problem-we-need-to-correct-to-make-a-more-neuro-inclusive-world/", "published_at": "2024-12-18T17:25:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-a721-71ad-bdcd-cf2aa9ddc972", "title": "What is Neuro-Inclusion?", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2024/12/11/what-is-neuro-inclusion/", "published_at": "2024-12-11T19:45:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-a721-71ad-bdcd-cf2aaacc77f6", "title": "A World Designed to Cater to “the NeuroTypical Average”", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2024/12/10/a-world-designed-to-cater-to-the-neurotypical-average/", "published_at": "2024-12-10T19:11:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-a721-71ad-bdcd-cf2aab119fb4", "title": "Other People’s Assumptions, Biases, & Stigma Leading to the Othering and Dehumanization of Neuro-Minorities", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2024/12/06/other-peoples-assumptions-biases-stigma-leading-to-the-othering-and-dehumanization-of-neuro-minorities/", "published_at": "2024-12-06T20:45:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-a721-71ad-bdcd-cf2aab91152a", "title": "NeuroDivergent Burnout the Silent Killer", "url": "https://neurodivergentrebel.com/2024/12/05/neurodivergent-burnout-the-silent-killer/", "published_at": "2024-12-05T22:51:50+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

The Autistic Burnout and Facing Backlash When We Step Back from The Traditional Workplaceoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
I Was Named in a Manosphere Hit Piece for “Gentrifying Autism”. The “Gentrification of Autism” Is a Myth. The Policing Is Real.original ↗
16 Sept 2026
If School Felt Like a Prison, You Might Be Neurodivergent – The Hidden Curriculum That Punishes Neurodivergent Kidsoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2026
Fawning + Autistic Masking: When Autistic Masking Becomes Fawning and Why We Hide Ourselves Despite the Costoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2026
The Terrifying Reality of an Autistic Shutdown (It’s Not the Silent Treatment)original ↗
31 Aug 2026
It’s Not a Tantrum: What Actually Happens During an Autistic Meltdownoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2026
I Need YOUR help keeping this blog going…original ↗
21 Aug 2026
Autism, ADHD, and Autonomy – The One Thing Neurodivergent and Disabled People Need Most (That Keeps Getting Taken Away)original ↗
18 Aug 2026
Autistic Burnout – The ‘Mystery Illness’ That Doctors Missed for 30 Years (And Why a Vacation Won’t Fix It)original ↗
12 Aug 2026
You Weren’t the Problem. The System Was. Here’s How I Know.original ↗
11 Aug 2026
The Sensory Hell No One Told Me About (And How It Almost Killed Me)original ↗
3 Aug 2026
The Rage That Saved Me & The Pain Before the Pride: What Success Looks Like When You’re Late-Diagnosed – A Late Identified AuDHD (Autistic and ADHD) Storyoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2026
The Cruelest Joke: When I Learned I Was Autistic and ADHD, I Realized That I Was Taught to Hate Myself for Being Exactly Who I Was Meant to Be.original ↗
15 Jul 2026
Get Autism, Identity and Me: A Practical Workbook to Empower Adults – ORDER NOW!original ↗
9 Jul 2026
It took me 10 years to figure out my Autistic needs. We built a shortcut – Autism, Identity and Me: A Practical Workbook to Empower Adults, the Autism workbook I needed.original ↗
7 Jul 2026
The Dream I Almost Gave Up On – Young Me Thought My Life Wasn’t Interesting Enough to Write About. I Was Wrong.original ↗
1 Jul 2026
I Was A Word Hoarder: For me, hyperlexia wasn’t just “reading early.” It was (and is) a specific way my brain processes symbols.original ↗
29 Jun 2026
Growing Up Not Knowing About My Neurodivergent (Autistic and ADHD) Brain and What I Wish I Had Understood Sooneroriginal ↗
25 Jun 2026
Reaching My Breaking Point – I Used to Think My Detachment Was a Superpower. It Was Actually a Survival Skill.original ↗
23 Jun 2026
I Had to Unlearn Shame to Find My Autistic Pride – They Told Me My Autistic Traits Were Flaws. I Know Better Now.original ↗
18 Jun 2026
Why I Dreaded This Task… and Why I’m Grateful I Did It – Over 13 Hours, 390 Pages, and One Very Stiff Back: A Copyediting Sagaoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2026
I wasn’t lazy. The system was rigged. – Your ‘honor roll’ wasn’t hard work. It was privilege.original ↗
10 Jun 2026
We’ve got something BIG to share with you!original ↗
5 Jun 2026
Welcome to Pride Month 2026: They Want Us to Hide. Here’s Why I’m Being Loud – Also, 8 Ignorant Things People Say to Queer People (And How to Flip Them)original ↗
1 Jun 2026
Pride Month 2026: Visibility Is Becoming Dangerous Again – If lists are being made, I’m fairly certain I’m already on them.original ↗
28 May 2026
The DSM-5 Has No Language for an Autistic Person at Peace – The Medical Model Only Shows You Our Worst Daysoriginal ↗
26 May 2026
1-hour Virtual One-to-One “Ask Me Anything” Sessions are BACK!!!original ↗
18 May 2026
Human Binaries: NeuroDivergent and Queer – Coloring Outside the Lines Will Be Punished – Intro to my latest book, Neurodivergent Rebel’s, The Weight of Normaloriginal ↗
15 May 2026
Organizational Culture: It’s More than Ping Pong and Beer Taps – Excerpt from Workplace Neurodiversity Rising by Lyric Riveraoriginal ↗
14 May 2026
The Mystery Sickness That Almost Killed My Career (Before I Knew I Was Autistic): The 6-Year Burnout – What Corporate America Did to My AuDHD Brainoriginal ↗
12 May 2026
Why Do We Celebrate Teachers Who Refuse to Make Adjustments for Disabled Kids?original ↗
5 May 2026
How Being the “Problem Child” Nearly Killed Me (And Why My Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life)original ↗
17 Apr 2026
No, there aren’t suddenly ‘more Autistic people’ or ADHDers. We’ve always been here.original ↗
8 Apr 2026
Welcome to ‘Autism Month’ and Why, as an Actual Autistic Person, I am NOT a Fan of Having a ‘Month for Autism’original ↗
1 Apr 2026
Late Diagnosed/Identified: A mini series, episode 2 – Neurodivergent Unmaskingoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2026
Autistic & Creeping Up on 40, Birthday Reflections Around Being 1 of Many Missed Generations of Autistic Peopleoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2026
I AM Autistic – Please Don’t Ever Call Me a ‘Person with Autism’original ↗
19 Mar 2026
Easier Than People: An Autistic Adult on the Connection to and the Wisdom of Animals and Why I Speak “Animal” Body-language More Fluently Than “Human”original ↗
18 Mar 2026
An Autistic Response to: Uta Frith’s “Why I no longer think autism is a spectrum.”original ↗
8 Mar 2026
Late Diagnosed/Identified: A mini series, episode oneoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2026
Pivoting with Purpose: Help Keep the Rebel Writing – ‘NeuroDiversity is Natural’ Coffee Mugoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2026
Workplace Neurodiversity Rising and Neurodivergent Rebel’s: The Weight of Normal are both HALF PRICE this week (3/1-3/7) on Smashwords!original ↗
1 Mar 2026
My Birthday is Next Month: Savoring Sunsets While Packing a Go Bag – Turning 39 in a Texas Springoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2026
My Autistic Truth: My Real Voice Isn’t the One That Comes Out of My Mouth – The Accessibility of Typing: One Autistic Person’s Experienceoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2026
5 Years to Crawl Out of Burnout: My AuDHD Healing Journey After a Late Diagnosisoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2026
Call for Contributions: Quotes from Autistic Adults Wanted for New Workbookoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2026
Was I a bad student, or was school bad for me? – What my Autism diagnosis taught me about why school failed me.original ↗
9 Feb 2026
My Best Was Never Enough – I Was Called Lazy When I Was Trying My Hardest.original ↗
6 Feb 2026
ADHD and Me – Is It Trauma, Autism, ADHD, or… All of the Above?: Years After Being Diagnosed, THIS YEAR I’m Finally Unpacking My ADHD Identityoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2026
Taming the Tedious Tasks: My AuDHD-Friendly Morning Strategyoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2026
What Winter Teaches Me – Surviving and Thriving in the Slow Season by Harnessing the Quiet: A Strategy for Winter Creativityoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2026
The Autistic Burnout That Led Me Home to Myself: The Life I Built Was a Prison. My Autism Diagnosis Handed Me the Key.original ↗
6 Jan 2026

2025

My New Book (‘The Weight of Normal’) Is Out NOW – And I’m Nervous…original ↗
16 Dec 2025
“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 Perspectiveoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2025
The Age of Dysregulation: How Unregulated Emotions and Senses are Breaking Our Worldoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2025
You Asked, We Listened: the Adult Version of ‘Autism, Identity & Me’ is officially in the works!original ↗
28 Nov 2025
Rebecca Duffus & Lyric Rivera on Autistic Identity – Full-Tilt Parenting Podcastoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2025
New Book! NeuroDivergent Rebel’s The Weight of Normal – Preorder NOW (Available 12/16/25)original ↗
24 Nov 2025
We Travel with Our Home: An Autistic Escape from Overwhelmoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2025
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.original ↗
8 Nov 2025
Autism, Identity and Me – A Practical Workbook to Empower Autistic Children and Young People Aged 10+ By Rebecca Duffus & Lyric Riveraoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2025
The Real-World Impact of Eliminationist Rhetoric on Autistic Peopleoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2025
Beyond the “Cause”: What the Autistic Community Actually Needsoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2025
#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs – The War on Autism is Back. And So Are We.original ↗
20 Oct 2025
“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’original ↗
14 Oct 2025
ADHD, Complex Trauma, or BOTH? – A Fog Lifted: What Happened When I Finally Stopped Dissociatingoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2025
The Mask That Almost Killed Me: On NeuroDivergence, Forced Assimilation, and Self-Abandonmentoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2025
Invisible & Drowning: My Negativity Was a Cry for Help – Toxic Positivity Kills: My Year of Being Told to Smile While Drowningoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2025
Religious Indoctrination of Children Is Child Abuse: Here’s Why I Won’t Apologize for Calling Religious Indoctrination Child Abuse.original ↗
8 Aug 2025
Society Trained Me to Swallow My Rage. My Autistic Self Said “No More.” – “Repression = Strength” Was a Dangerous Lie I Believed (Until My Diagnosis).original ↗
22 Jul 2025
I Was Diagnosed Autistic at the Age of 29. . . Then I Realized What Else I Had Been Missingoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2025
Un-fucking My Mind – An Autistic Awakening in a Fucked-Up World.original ↗
30 Jun 2025
A Radical Gift I Never Expected: What The NeuroDivergent Rebel Community Taught Me.original ↗
27 Jun 2025
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)original ↗
18 Jun 2025
Assimilate or Be Punished: My Multiply NeuroDivergent School Years – They Called it Bad Behavior; It Was Unmet Needsoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2025
They Killed the Rivers. They Cut the Trees. Now They’re Sending the Guard. This is Texas.original ↗
11 Jun 2025
Project 2025 aims to re-criminalize Queer existence — just like pre-Stonewall America.original ↗
2 Jun 2025
Does Your Soul Have a Reset Button? Mine’s Hidden Deep in the Woods.original ↗
28 May 2025
When Will America Wake Up? The Constitutional Violations Pushing Us Toward Authoritarianismoriginal ↗
19 May 2025
5/12/2025 – SUBSCRIBER ONLY LIVE Video Replay: The Trump Regime Wants to Bring Conversion “Therapy” Backoriginal ↗
13 May 2025
Productivity ≠ Humanity: Autism Isn’t the Problem—Ignorance Is – How RFK Jr. Got It Dangerously Wrongoriginal ↗
13 May 2025
Stop Telling Me My Autism Isn’t ‘Real’: Late Diagnosis Doesn’t Mean ‘Autism Lite’original ↗
8 May 2025
Live: WTF America… is this real life???original ↗
5 May 2025
Trump’s Dangerous Due Process Double Standard—Why It Could Strip Your (or Anyone’s) Rights Nextoriginal ↗
1 May 2025
TikTok’s Return: A Government Plot or a False Hope? The Oligarchy’s War on Free Speech – TikTok, Trump, and What’s Really Going Onoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2025
The Fear That Keeps Me Up at Night: Inauguration Day, the TikTok Ban, and the Future of America Under President Trumporiginal ↗
20 Jan 2025
Learning I was NeuroDivergent at 29: Do I wish I could have found out sooner? No! And here’s why….original ↗
15 Jan 2025
Looking at NeuroDivergent Masking Differently: The Choice to Camouflage One’s NeuroDivergence… or Not.original ↗
13 Jan 2025
NeuroDiversity as a Tool for Unlocking Compassion (for the Self and Others)original ↗
9 Jan 2025
NeuroDiversity, the Medical Model, the Social Model, & Is NeuroDivergence a Disability?original ↗
7 Jan 2025
1 hour Zoom One to One “Ask Me Anything” Session are BACK!!!original ↗
6 Jan 2025
Do NeuroTypical People REALLY Exist?original ↗
3 Jan 2025

2024

Available NOW: Autism, Identity and Me Workbook for Children and Young People Aged 10+ and Parent Guide!!!original ↗
30 Dec 2024
What NeuroDivergent People Need to Be Successful in the Worldoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2024
Inclusion, NOT Segregation, Through Universal Designoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2024
NeuroDivergent Employment is Just ONE Problem We Need to Correct to Make a More Neuro-Inclusive Worldoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2024
What is Neuro-Inclusion?original ↗
11 Dec 2024
A World Designed to Cater to “the NeuroTypical Average”original ↗
10 Dec 2024
Other People’s Assumptions, Biases, & Stigma Leading to the Othering and Dehumanization of Neuro-Minoritiesoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2024
NeuroDivergent Burnout the Silent Killeroriginal ↗
5 Dec 2024
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