Sometimes you don’t need a philosophy. You need a next step.
Stimpunks is built by and for neurodivergent and disabled people. We believe disabled people have human needs, not special needs — and that real help should be practical, mutual, and dignity-first.
This page is a set of clear doors. Pick the one you need.
Help in 30 Seconds
If you’re overwhelmed, in crisis, or just trying to get through today — start here.
You are not broken. Needing support is human. Start with one door.
🚨 If You Need Help Right Now
If you are in immediate danger or need urgent emergency support, contact your local emergency services.
If you are safe enough to keep reading, Stimpunks has grounding resources and community-oriented next steps below.
🧰 Start Here: Coping Resources
If you are overwhelmed, in burnout, in crisis, or just trying to get through the day, start with our Coping resources. This is the most direct help page on the site.
- crisis and warmline resources
- disability and mental health supports
- community survival tools
- location-based resource lists
- online communities
📍 Find Resources Near You
Looking for help by region? We maintain location-based coping and support directories, including U.S. state-by-state resources.
🌈 Sensory Overload, Shutdown, or Panic
If your nervous system is on fire, it might not be “anxiety.” It might be sensory load, neuroception, or overwhelm. Start with the pages that name what’s happening and offer practical ways to reduce harm.
🫂 If You Need Dignity, Not Compliance
You deserve environments that don’t punish your bodymind. Access is infrastructure — not a favor, not an afterthought.
🔥 If You’re Being Harmed by Systems
Sometimes the problem is not you. It’s the system. If school, policing, institutions, or compliance culture are injuring you, start with the pages that name power and harm patterns clearly.
🌱 If You Want Community (Not Isolation)
You don’t have to do this alone. Stimpunks is a commons built through mutual aid, collaboration, and neurodivergent-led care.
📚 If You Want to Learn in Plain Language
If you’re new to neurodiversity, disability justice, or Stimpunks concepts, start with our simplest entry points.
✍️ If You Want to Contribute
Sometimes helping others is part of surviving. If you want to contribute writing, resources, research, design, or code, start with the Field Guide and our accessibility-first style practices.
💛 Mutual Aid and Direct Support
Stimpunks supports disabled and neurodivergent people through care infrastructure.
One More Thing
You are not broken.
Surviving bad systems is not a personal deficit. Needing support is human. Access is punk. Help should be real.
Start here: https://stimpunks.org/fieldguide/coping/
