On today's episode, I interviewed Lyric Holmans, 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.
In this interview I speak with Lyric about neurodiversity and how difficult it can be for both children and adults to thrive in traditional structures like schools and workplaces when they stifle one’s natural way of learning, processing and communicating, and how everyone, no matter their neurotype, has something extraordinarily valuable to contribute and deserves to be supported and encouraged in these spaces so that they get to be and share who they really are.
