#AskingAutistics with Lyric Rivera, NeuroDivergent Rebel
We are delighted to announce that Lyric Rivera has joined Autism Empowerment and Spectrum Life Magazine as a contributing writer in 2022. A prolific, passionate and powerful autistic self-advocate from Texas, Lyric runs the internationally recognized neurodiversity lifestyle blog Neurodivergent Rebel. They also manage NeuroDivergent Consulting and provide training and education around Autistic and NeuroDivergent inclusion in the workplace?
Lyric is the pioneer of the #AskingAutistics hashtag on Twitter. This important hashtag allows anyone to ask questions of autistic people, often noted as #ActuallyAutistic, so they can receive various autistic perspectives. Their Asking Autistics blog series was previously published at GeekClubBooks.com and when Geek Club Books nonprofit closed at the end of 2021, Autism Empowerment was given permission to reprint their work.
New columns with new questions will be posted regularly. Lyric will share their own experience answering each question and will then share a variety of answers from autistic individuals who answered via social media.
Spectrum Life Magazine Articles
Lyric’s first new article was published in the Spring 2022 edition of Spectrum Life Magazine and posed the question on Twitter: #ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics how did you find out you were Autistic? How old were you when you found out?
Lyric’s second new article was published in the Summer 2022 edition of Spectrum Life Magazine and posed the question on Twitter: #ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics – Can you relate to ever being too trusting?
Lyric’s third article was published in the Fall 2022 edition of Spectrum Life Magazine and posed the question on Twitter: #ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics – Are you hyperlexic?
Lyric’s fourth article was published in the Summer 2023 edition of Spectrum Life Magazine and posed the question on Twitter: #ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics – Do you engage with Rhythmic Stimming?
Lyric’s fifth article was published in the Summer 2023 edition of Spectrum Life Magazine and engaged with the Twitter topic: #ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics – The Myth that “Real Autistics Can’t Camouflage”
Lyric’s sixth article was published in the Fall 2023 edition of Spectrum Life Magazine and engaged with the Twitter topic: #ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics – Do You Find Non-Human Animals Easier to Understand Than Humans?”
Lyric’s seventh article was published in the Fall 2023 edition of Spectrum Life Magazine and engaged with the Twitter topic: #ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics – Do Medications Work Differently for Autistic People?”
Spectrum Life Website Articles (includes blogs and magazine pieces)
To find Lyric’s most recent work, search “Asking Autistics” in our Blog Article search or bookmark and visit this link.
Featured and Recent selections: (click each picture to visit that article):
In Fall 2023 Issue of Spectrum Life Magazine
In Fall 2023 Issue of Spectrum Life Magazine
Last column for Geek Club Books – 2021
We will be adding more of Lyric’s past columns on our website regularly!
To find Lyric’s work, visit our sister website, SpectrumLife.org and search for “Asking Autistics” or bookmark and visit this link.
Lyric Rivera is an autistic self-advocate from Texas who runs the neurodiversity lifestyle blog NeuroDivergent Rebel. They are also the founder of NeuroDivergent Consulting. Lyric is known as the pioneer of the #AskingAutistics hashtag, where simple questions prompt open-ended responses that Autistic people can easily chime in with, and invites participants to engage each other in conversations related to the topic. This hashtag connects NeuroDiverse people who would not otherwise have a reason to engage with each other, and fosters collective understanding of the Autistic experience. www.neurodivergentrebel.com
last updated 09/16/2023