TQ on Growing Up in Conformist Environments & the Real Costs of Living in Multiple Margins

Updates & Chapter 1 Read-Along

I'm back! Join me (TQ) as I make some clarifications about WHO the Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! project is for, share some crip life updates, make a special invitation, and read aloud the Chapter 1 draft of Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! the book. Links mentioned: - Join the "Reclaim Our Time" workshop to welcome the Yang Fire Horse year on Feb 21 or Feb 28, 2026: https://rewilding.cc/reclaim26 - Get access to Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! chapter drafts: https://rewilding.cc/book - Bazi reading for BIPOC by Daria: https://redrabbitastrology.com/ - Contribute to my dear friend Nara's fundraiser: tinyurl.com/disablednara

TQ on Growing Up in Conformist Environments & the Real Costs of Living in Multiple Margins

Support the book and podcast by pre-ordering Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! at https://rewilding.cc/book CW: child physical abuse, brief mentions of s*icidal ideation, and SA. Please use the timestamps below to skip potentially triggering content. In this episode: 00:40: I, TQ (they/them), introduce my identities, chronic illnesses, neurodivergences, and privileges as the host of Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! 02:40: My AuDHD journey - starting with early difficulties with socialization, rigid behavior, and autistic burnout (CW: child physical abuse). 05:10: How being a public high school teacher led to my ADHD diagnosis 07:40: Why I continued to struggle after my ADHD diagnosis 09:35: The pros and cons of my autism evaluation and diagnosis experience 13:10: The AuDHD contradictions I experience - especially on top of other neurodivergences and chronic illnesess  16:40: How physical disabilities, transness, queerness, and chronic illness overlap with my AuDHD traits (CW: brief mentions of s*icidal ideation) 21:30: The real violence and financial costs I’ve faced living in the multiple margins of queerness, being negatively racialized, and autistic (CW: SA) 23:40: Immigration as both a challenge and an access need  25:40: Moving from self-care to collective care - what’s helped me most 30:30: Unabashed joy in echolalia and Special Interests 32:35: My message to other queer AuDHD folks who might feel like they’re “too much” for the people and environments they’re in 34:15: What I urgently want therapists, healthcare professionals, Singaporean policymakers, and Singaporean teachers to know about serving multiply-marginalized autistic people of color  35:40: What the Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! book covers and how you can support us at https://rewilding.cc/book - which is also how you can join my free newsletter, hire me for peer support, and participate in our community events. Access the full transcript in our upcoming Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! book by pre-ordering a copy at https:///rewilding.cc/book #autistic #actuallyautistic #adhd #audhd #queeraudhdbipoc #audhdbipoc #qtibipoc #bipoc #neurodivergence #neurodiversity

Supernova on Being a Deafblind, Plural & AuDHD Kashmiri Equestrian

CW: Brief mentions of psychiatric abuse, plus descriptions of overt racism, ableism, genocide and s**cide by self-immolation. Please listen with care and use the timestamps to skip triggering content. Help us sustain the Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! project by pre-ordering a copy of your book at https://rewilding.cc/book In this episode: 00:30: Meet the Supernova system (they/them), a genderfluid, ace-spec, non-binary deafBlind Indigenous Kashmiri AuDHDer 02:30: Supernova talks about their complex journey of multiple diagnoses — including an ultra-rare disease diagnosis — at a young age. CW: brief mentions of psychiatric abuse. 07:00: What it’s like to have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), be deafBlind, and navigate medium support needs 11:04: Supernova introduces their Special Interest in equestrianism - plus their ancestral ties to horses in Pakistan. 14:40: They talk about all the systemic barriers they face in the equestrian industry, including racism, ableism, and financial barriers 23:40: Supernova’s powerful message about claiming space as disabled BIPOC folks 28:40 How they navigate neurodivergence, high pressure, and performance at horse shows as a disabled Indigenous Kashmiri person 31:20: What Supernova urgently wants you to know about witnessing the Kashmir genocide in real-time. CW: mentions of s**cide and self-immolation. 35:10: Learn more about their experiences as “Patient Zero” with early-diagnosed JOAG (Juvenile Open Angle Glaucoma) - and how you can support them in finding a cure 36:40: How you can support Supernova through mutual aid and reposting their content on JOAG, Kashmir, and deafBlind life at https://www.instagram.com/angry_autist/ - Read Supernova’s posts about the Genocide of the Chitral, Pahtan, and Kashmir peoples: Part 1: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHJzF9jydEx/ Part 2: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHM9uhVxtMi/ Part 3: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHNCnbpRoZx/ Part 4: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHPwF_QM0L9/  - Read Supernova’s post about JOAG: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIzErB_xn3T/  Access the full transcript in our upcoming Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! book by pre-ordering a copy at https:///rewilding.cc/book #autistic #actuallyautistic #adhd #audhd #queeraudhdbipoc #audhdbipoc #qtibipoc #bipoc #neurodivergence #neurodiversity

Kaishawna on Black, DeafBlind, and Autistic Disability Advocacy

-Hire Kaishawna to speak at your event: https://www.instagram.com/kaishawna_music/ [https://www.instagram.com/kaishawna_music/] -Send Kaishawna mutual aid @ Venmo: Kai_Music85; Paypal: kaish470; CashApp: $KaishawnaFleming -Help us sustain the Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! project by pre-ordering a copy of our book at https://rewilding.cc/book [https://rewilding.cc/book] In this episode: 00:37: Meet Kaishawna (they/them), a 24-year-old Black medium to high support needs autistic deafBlind trans college student 01:06: How their hearing loss and perceived gender delayed their autism diagnosis till adulthood 01:48: How Blackness affects how Kaishawna’s multiple disabilities are perceived 02:17: What helps them navigate college as a multiply-disabled student 02:42: What it’s like living with fluctuating medium to high support needs 03:39: The difficulties that Kaishawna faces in receiving adequate accommodations for their multiple disabilities in college 05:14: The two biggest Special Interests that bring them joy 06:15: What it’s like to be Deaf and still sensitive to loud noises 06:47: What Kaishawna wants queer AuDHD BIPOC and the world to know - especially about Black and Brown disabled voices 07:54: How you can support Kaishawna through mutual aid and the educational services they offer as a Black deafBlind autistic college student Access the full transcript in our upcoming Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! book by pre-ordering a copy at https:///rewilding.cc/book [https:///rewilding.cc/book] #autistic #actuallyautistic #adhd #audhd #queeraudhdbipoc #audhdbipoc #qtibipoc #bipoc #neurodivergence #neurodiversity

Kantu on Indigenous Bolivian-Dominican Identity and Autonomy-Centered Care

-Follow Kantu/the Galaxy System, hire them for art commissions, and contribute to their mutual aid at https://www.instagram.com/angry_autist/ -Help us sustain the Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! project by pre-ordering a copy of your book at https://rewilding.cc/book In this episode: 00:25: Meet Kantu (all pronouns/they/them), a Bolivian-Dominican, genderqueer lesbian AuDHDer, and all their intersecting identities, disabilities, and chronic illnesses. 01:46: Their autism and ADHD diagnoses journey, and why they don’t really identify with early or late-diagnosed labels 04:00: What it’s like when their ADHD and autism pull them in opposite directions — plus how they overlap with major depressive disorder and dissociative identity disorder 07:00: Why growing up in Bolivian-Dominican communities that normalized their neurodivergent traits while still being conservative about queerness 10:22: The challenges and beauty of being “all of the above” — queer, disabled, neurodivergent, and racialized 13:05: Kantu shares how neurodivergence makes their workplace in the music industry more fun 15:18: How white-dominated neurodivergent spaces ignore intersectionality while profiting from representation 17:51: What “medium support needs” looks like at work and at home for Kantu 20:11: How crochet, composing, and performing music drive her lifelong joys and Special Interests 21:59: Why newly-diagnosed, questioning AuDHD folks shouldn’t fear the word “disability” 23:20: Kantu shares their workplace accommodations and encourages others to ask for what they need without guilt 26:35: “The dream model of psychiatric care” — a shoutout to their healthcare team and the self-advocacy it takes to seek autonomy-centered, transparent, and collaborative healthcare 29:23: Kantu’s closing message about autonomy for all healthcare professionals and policymakers 30:12: How to support Kantu’s content and art commissions Access the full transcript in our upcoming Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! book by pre-ordering a copy at https:///rewilding.cc/book #autistic #actuallyautistic #adhd #audhd #queeraudhdbipoc #audhdbipoc #qtibipoc #bipoc #neurodivergence #neurodiversity