Rob Dyrdek's Wife, Bryiana, Reveals Autism Diagnosis

Bryiana Dyrdek recently took to social media to share some personal information about her life. After processing a diagnosis she received in December, she felt it was time to let others know that she has been diagnosed with autism.

In a carousel of photos on Instagram, Bryiana, wife of MTV star Rob Dyrdek, explained what brought her to this later-in-life diagnosis.

Bryiana explained her diagnosis and why she waited to open up about it in her caption. "After a few months of privately processing my autism diagnosis, I decided to come out about it because the little girl in the last slide deserved better ?⁣," she wrote.

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Her caption continued, "I’ve finally reached the acceptance phase of my late diagnosis and am filled with more hope and peace than ever before. So if you see me acting different, it’s because I am. ?"

The photos in the carousel told the story of her life and everything lined up to get an autism diagnosis. Each slide continues the story and gives an in-depth look at Mrs. Queen of the World 2022's struggles.

The next slide continued her story and how pageantry helped her. "As she got older, she discovered pageantry. It was the perfect mix that allowed her little world to exist IN the real world AND in a socially acceptable manner," she continued. "Not only that, but there were rules. And once she learned them, she didn't have to guess on how to be."

She continued to explain how pageantry taught her important things such as making eye contact, disguising repetitive movements, and how to speak to others with appropriate responses. "She was on her way to be a professional masker, accidentally tricking the world into believing she was neurotypical," she wrote. "She didn't understand how the real world worked, but she was gifted in pattern recognition."

Bryiana explained that she received death threats in junior high school, realizing people didn't accept the real her, so she "carefully crafted one they would by watching movies and shows where the underdog with potential had her glow up and finally became accepted."

"For 31 years everyone thought she was perfectly fine," her story continued. "A little weird and too old to be such a picky eater and so princess-y, entirely too dependent on schedules, structure and systems, and rigid in her black and white thinking, but all things considered, they passed as personality flaws rather than what they really were because in the early 90s girls were not diagnosed autistic."

After explaining what led to this diagnosis, she said she was formally diagnosed in December 2022. "I'm still new to this journey and have three decades of learning, unlearning and re-learning to do, so I ask for your patience and grace as I go down this new path to rediscover myself...the me I was always meant to be," she wrote.

She concluded her Instagram slides by saying, "I've been so scared to come out with this publicly because it wasn't received well when I first shared it with some of the closest people to me and that really hurt. But I've finally reached the acceptance phase of my ASD late diagnosis and am filled with more hope and peace than ever before. So if you see me acting different, it's because I am."

Many people shared their thoughts and personal stories in the comment section of the mom of two's post.

Her husband dropped into the comment section to share his support and love for her bravery. "?????Brave ,Beautiful and truly special . You are a gift to this world .You have always been perfect and always will be. Love you so much ??????."

A follower who can relate to being diagnosed later in life wrote, "I’m 44 and I’ve been diagnosed as on the spectrum. It doesn’t CHANGE anything, but SO MUCH makes sense now. You got this girl!!!!"

Many other people could relate to Bryiana's diagnosis and wanted to share their support and personal stories.

"My daughter is 15 and autistic thank you for your transparency with autism. It means the world when someone of status post something so close to my heart… really humanizes everything," one follower wrote.

"Im very recently diagnosed, maybe only 5 years or so, but in those 5 years I've learned so much and I can only tell you that it's such a wonderful and magical journey. It's not easy, but it's magical. And there definitely ARE unicorns," wrote another.

Another follower understood her story deeply and personally. "Thank you for sharing this soo much. This is also me! And I'm still leery of fully embracing my asd because of people thinking it's an attention seeking tactic. Reality attention is the last thing I ever want."