These folks are with us in the fight to live and learn differently.
Autistic Realms
I am Helen; I developed Autistic Realms to advocate for a better understanding of neurodivergence and mental health in education.
Autistic Realms
Our friend, ally, and collaborator Helen of Autistic Realms is doing important and necessary work. She’s a highly connected knowledge worker working at the vanguard of multiple movements, connecting us together and increasing our collective impact. Together, we are operating as the consciousness of our species during a time of mass behaviorism and unvarnished eugenics.
There aren’t many people who can do what Helen does. She serves vital roles in social change. Neurodiversity is one of the most powerful ideas in human history. Our world, at this precarious moment for our species and all species, desperately needs the lessons of neurodiversity. Helen is at the forefront, in the vanguard, serving in the trenches of neurodiversity and disability rights. She’s doing knowledge work that scales from cognitively accessible infographics to highly sourced and nuanced academic treatises.
Human Restoration Project
Neurodiversity is one of the most powerful ideas of our generation. Human Restoration Project understands the importance of neurodiversity and disability in an era of mass behaviorism and unvarnished eugenics. They are true allies in the fight for the right to live and learn differently.
HRP’s vision for human-centered education is compatible with neurodiversity, the social model of disability, and human dignity. They understand that sharing power fosters self-determination, something dearly important to our community of neurodivergent and disabled people.
Artist: Farimah Khavarii
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Human Restoration Project is informing, guiding, and growing a movement toward a progressive, human-centered education system. We are bringing together a network of radical educators who are transforming classrooms across the world.
About Human Restoration Project
At Stimpunks, we choose the margin, because design is tested at the edges. HRP likewise designs for those of us at the margins. That’s because they have joined us at the edges. They show up. They listen. They integrate. They practice good allyship.
This is exemplified throughout their work, including the implementation of the Conference to Restore Humanity, a conference model for the future compatible with us Stimpunks like no other. No one else includes us like HRP.
Conference to Restore Humanity
Reframing is a big part of our advocacy. Reframing ourselves and others is hard and important work necessary to all other work.
“The long-term well-being and empowerment of Autistics and members of other neurocognitive minority groups hinges upon our ability to create a paradigm shift – a shift from the pathology paradigm to the neurodiversity paradigm.”
Dr. Nick Walker
HRP helps create this paradigm shift with their handbooks and why sheets. HRP’s materials help us reframe people as we journey through our systems.
Finding HRP was like finding an oasis. They understand, and they help.
Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA)
Stimpunks Foundation is pleased to announce our involvement in the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA), a dynamic alliance of non-partisan groups deeply committed to the success of students, especially students with disabilities.
We are joining over 150 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights, and K-12 nonprofits to reimagine the approaches and learning environments that make up our education system.
To learn more about EALA, navigate to their website at educatingalllearners.org or reach out to their resources team at resources@educatingalllearners.org.
Autistic Collaboration Trust
Aut Collab (the Autistic Collaboration Trust) is a community that welcomes all individuals and groups who fully appreciate the value of neurodiversity. If you are looking for a global network of collaborative Autistic peers, Autistic organisations, and NeurodiVentures, you have come to the right place. Aut Collab acts as a global hub for mutual support, and encourages neurodivergent ♾ individuals and ventures to connect and establish long-term collaborations.
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Randimals
What makes us different, makes all the difference in the world.
Randimals
We agree.
Randimals evoke spiky profiles, learning terroir, collaborative niche construction, and special interests. Understanding these is critical to fostering neurological pluralism.
To face the challenges of the future, we’ll need the problem-solving abilities of different types of minds working together.
The Best Autism Books, recommended by Steve Silberman
Thanks to the folks at Randimals for helping us tell our story and have some fun. They’re weird like you and me, they honor neurodivergent people as a “foundational part of most fandoms“, and they “honor the unique relationships Autistic people have to objects“.
Swamburger and Scarlet Monk of Mugs and Pockets
Swamburger and Scarlet Monk of Mugs and Pockets are true allies who help us tell our stories. Their music and art are all over our website.
Respect due to learning with an arsenal of permanent pillars Piercing through the surface of artificial services Life Commits by Swamburger and Scarlet Monk
Selling yourself short tames the vision How you're depicted can change the sentence Innocent by Swamburger and Scarlet Monk
Ordinary tried to fix me I was a threat to a page in history Miss me with the treatment, doo-wop bleaching Straighten my kinky with a new pop Legion Talent by Swamburger and Scarlet Monk
It's just me and my MPC Questing out to meet my tribe unique Keep it funky for the followers eager to speak The same dialect is on when we greet in the street, fam Why would my sound be tampered? Or better yet, watered down and then pampered? Cater to who, I influence the standard Check it… we 'bout to change some manners Talent MAP Mix by Mugs and Pockets
Open arms with open doors
It’s why I’m here to open yoursI got a moment in time
The greatest opening lineYou’re gonna get past
Moment by Swamburger and Scarlet Monk of Mugs and Pockets
You’re gonna get past
You’re gonna get past
Did you ever feel
Like you don’t quite belong
Just hold on
And go find your people
Find your people
Opening doors has become my calling
Welcome to this house
All Hail Open Doors by Swamburger and Scarlet Monk of Mugs and Pockets
Clear The Air ATX
Creating access to cleaner air for artists, musicians, & organizers in Austin.
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Find Your Voice
Find Your Voice is a family-driven initiative created by a team of neurodivergents: Designer Dad Steve, Early Years Educator Mom Tara, and their daughter, Miss A. Based in Melbourne, Australia, our journey began with a need—our daughter often experiences situational mutism, especially in high-stress environments, and we wanted to help her communicate more comfortably.
We tried several sets of communication cards, but they were quickly rejected by our daughter for being ‘cringe’ or ‘too babyish.’ So, we took matters into our own hands. With Steve’s extensive design expertise, Tara’s background in education, and Miss A’s invaluable lived experience, we created our own set of self-advocacy and communication cards.
Initially, this was a personal project, but we soon realized that if our daughter needed this, so did others. Today, our cards help people across the globe find their voice.
Find Your Voice
We at Stimpunks were excited when we first saw the communication cards from “Find Your Voice”. At last, we found a stylish and designerly set of cards with a modern and clean aesthetic. Most communication cards have a cartoonish aesthetic aimed at young children. The “Find Your Voice” cards appeal to teens and adults looking for something more grown up and professional.
I experienced situational mutism as a kid. I wrote about my school experience in “R-word and Genius: Situationally Mute Hyperlexic Autistic”. I wish cards like these existed back when I was in school.
Find Your Voice™ DIY Self Advocacy Cards are available in yellow, red, blue, green, and purple as PDF downloads.
There’s also an iPhone and iPad app.
This set covers my self advocacy needs, but a fixed set of cards like these can’t cover everyone’s needs. If you need a custom set, InPrint is a good resource, but it lacks the designerly aesthetic.
Pair these communication cards with our interaction badges.
