Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC!

• Nadeen on Queer Relationships, Self-Validation, and Freelancing while AuDHD

  Connect with Nadeen: https://bio.site/nadeenezzySupport the Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! project by pre-ordering a copy of the book: https://rewilding.cc/book Meet Nadeen, gay Mexican-Lebanese AuDHDer and creative strategist. In this conversation, we talk about: 01:08: The struggles of growing up undiagnosed, out of place, being told you’re too much all the time, and misunderstood during verbal shutdowns02:28: Learning the hard way how masking can look a lot like ‘being agreeable.’03:39: How TikTok helped her discover her AuDHD and how women & BIPOC constantly fly under the autism radar.06:00: Dating across neurotype and race, and surface-level friendships and relationships07:00: Navigating AuDHD with an Lebanese dad who escaped war and a Mexican mom who didn’t recognize her neurodivergence09:20: Why she thrives best as a freelancer and not in an office setting - plus the accommodations she can provide herself at home15:06: How scripting helps her with client interactions on Zoom calls17:16: What brings her the greatest joy — and why it IS possible for autistic people to get tattoos22:50: Her journey from growing up with internalized homophobia to her marriage with her wife26:20: Her advice to her younger self and queer BIPOC learning we’re AuDHD29:12: why being perceived online feels safer than at a concert.31:03: The biggest thing Nadeen wants the world and the government to know.Access the transcript in our upcoming book by pre-ordering here: https://rewilding.cc/book #autistic #actuallyautistic #adhd #audhd #queeraudhdbipoc #audhdbipoc #qtibipoc #bipoc #neurodivergence #neurodiversity

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• Kaligirwa on Moderate Support Needs, Access Fatigue & Radical Disclosure

  Head here now to pre-order your copy of Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! eBook which includes interviews with Kaligirwa and other multiply-marginalized AuDHDers of color.- Follow & support Kaligirwa’s work- Read Kaligirwa’s Substack- Check out Kaligirwa’s post on the models of disability- Note: the ICD-10 still includes Asperger's syndrome, but the ICD-11 does not- Academic with vision loss Annika Konrad coined the term "access fatigue" You can use the timestamps below with content warnings marked to skip potentially triggering content. Meet Rwandan-Canadian AuDHDer Kaligirwa (@blackspectrumscholar, all pronouns) from Quebec, Canada! We talk about:00:01:01: How she was diagnosed with ADHD in early high school — and why many of his challenges weren’t addressed by medication alone00:03:00: Their confusion of going through interpersonal challenges and long assessment waitlists without realizing they were autism-related or receiving adequate support [CW: psychiatric hospitalization]00:09:10: What it’s like to have moderate support needs split across the 2 categories in the DSM-5’s scale of support needs.00:11:16: What online autistic spaces don’t talk about enough re: getting accommodations and support services00:13:30: Kali explains what “Access fatigue” is — and how it wears out disabled people fighting for support00:15:00: The biggest stressors and injustices they face as a Black agender AuDHDer who is read as a woman.00:18:23: Who gets seen as — and excluded from — “the norm” in AuDHD, and how is it reinforced by white supremacy and Global North bias?00:25:00: Kali unpacks the myth of autistics having “a strong sense of justice” and ties it to how marginalized communities were policed for their reactions to the C.K. unaliving in Sep 2025.00:29:36: What brings Kali most joy in different areas of his daily life00:31:00: Why she always discloses their AuDHD status in all settings00:34:25: Kali’s nuanced message to late-diagnosed/identified queer AuDHD BIPOC00:36:00: What they want policymakers and organizations to know about the models of disability they rely on00:37:00: How to support and uplift Kaligirwa’s advocacy and educational work!Support the Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! project at https://rewilding.cc/book #autistic #actuallyautistic #adhd #audhd #queeraudhdbipoc #audhdbipoc #qtibipoc #bipoc #neurodivergence #neurodiversity

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• Riz on AuDHD, hEDS, and the Radical Art of Interdependence

  Take care of yourself. CW: colonial boarding-school legacy, anti-Blackness, assimilation, ableism, medical gatekeeping, chronic pain, medical gaslighting, suicide, psychiatric incarceration, ableist abuse and harassment. You can use the timestamps below with content warnings marked to skip potentially triggering content. - Follow Riz https://linktr.ee/RCarthins- Help Riz get their wheelchair accessible van! https://chuffed.org/project/rizwav- Support the Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! project at https://rewilding.cc/book In this episode:- 00:01:18: Meet Riz, an Afro-Indigenous, trans, Two-Spirit, radical yarn artist, wheelchair user, and mutual-aid organizer, who weaves fiber art into disability justice and collective care.- 00:02:37: Learn how boarding school functioned as an assimilation machine for Indigenous and negatively-racialized kids like Riz. [CW: colonial boarding-school legacy, anti-Blackness, assimilation]- 00:05:10: How perfectionism became a mask for Riz in elite, classist white institutions- 00:08:00: How Riz got their college to pay for ADHD testing - and why their insurance later claimed they couldn’t cover ADHD anymore. [CW: ableism, medical gatekeeping]- 00:09:14: Discover how Riz’s ADHD diagnosis opened the door to understanding autism and why bullying didn’t always register as bullying.- 00:13:10: Learn how the athletic excellence expected of Black students came at the expense of Riz’s pain and chronic illness. [CW: chronic pain, medical gaslighting]- 00:16:20: How institutional “care” became PR management when a classmate in crisis was expelled to protect the school’s image. [CW: suicide]- 00:19:40: How speaking to campus counselors led to Riz’s unexpected psychiatric incarceration and a forced gap year from college. [CW: psychiatric incarceration]- 00:22:03: How Riz navigated ADHD medication shortages and the inequities of medical access for disabled folks.- 00:25:00: How Riz’s time in Cameroon and Tanzania revealed that “lateness” is a colonial construct — and how it reshaped their understanding of urgency and presence.- 00:28:16: Why accommodations aren’t always guaranteed in grad school, especially when you’re up against abusive professors [CW: ableist abuse and harassment]- 00:32:41: Learn how joy, fiber-arts therapy, and community care sustain Riz.Support the Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! project at https://rewilding.cc/book #autistic #actuallyautistic #adhd #audhd #queeraudhdbipoc #audhdbipoc #qtibipoc #bipoc #neurodivergence #neurodiversity

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• Janella on Growing Up Asian & AuDHD + Advocacy + Accommodations

  Action beats performative allyship. Be the reason Queer AuDHD BIPOC feel seen - chip in at https://rewilding.cc/book to back our stories, pay guests, and grow mutual aid.Follow Janella at diversity_in_neurodiversity on IG, TikTok, YouTube: https://linktr.ee/diversityinneurodiversity00:01:03: Meet Filipino-Korean AuDHDer Janella of “Diversity in Neurodiversity” and learn what her platform does differently for autistic and ADHD folks of color.00:02:09: Follow Janella’s late-diagnosis path from a friend of color’s revelation to her own suspicions — and what finally pushed her to seek answers.00:03:26: How an LAX sensory overload moment that reframed everything, and how one incident can catalyze a search for language and self-understanding.00:05:17: Peek inside the diagnostic assessment maze (referrals, waitlists, criteria) and hear Janella’s mindset shift that made the waiting period unexpectedly useful.00:09:33: How Asian cultural expectations can complicate family input on childhood traits, and why that tension didn’t derail Janella’s diagnosis.00:11:22: Learn how a simultaneous AuDHD diagnosis landed for Janella — and why accepting one part felt easier for her than the other at first.00:21:33: How gender roles, sensory needs, and queerness intersected across Janella’s life — and why naming difference opened up confidence instead of closing doors.00:26:37: What thriving at work with accommodations can look like for an autistic person managing people daily, and why structure plus novelty turned out to be a strength.00:42:00: What Janella wants newly diagnosed or questioning BIPOC listeners to know about mapping identities, spotting strengths, and finding your people.#autistic #actuallyautistic #adhd #audhd #queeraudhdbipoc #audhdbipoc #qtibipoc #bipoc #neurodivergence #neurodiversity

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• Welcome to Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC!

  Welcome to Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! - a book and podcast to help late-diagnosed/identified Autistic and ADHD 2SLGBTQIA+ people of color feel seen, supported, and less alone while living in multiple margins.Support our project at rewilding.cc/book - funds go toward our interviewees, the Autistic People of Color Mutual Aid Fund, and my disabled friend Nara, a mother of 2 living with multiple sclerosis and pancreatic cancer.00:00 Introduction and Purpose of the Podcast00:48 Meet the Host: TQ's Background02:13 Challenges of Finding Representation06:13 Creating a Living Archive06:43 Who This Podcast is For08:36 The Bigger Picture: Systemic Barriers14:04 Support and Funding for the Project16:11 Conclusion and Call to ActionResources- generative somatics by Spenta Kandawalla and Staci K. Haines https://generativesomatics.org/

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