Update for Week 7 This week we kept building the Stimpunks ecosystem into something more portable, more practical, and more structurally honest. We deepened our work on power, coercion, and compliance culture, adding new real-world stakes to The Cult of Compliance and the Policing of the Norm. Systems of power are not abstract. They are enforced. We expanded our philosophy of free,…
Our website is a living document that is always changing and growing. Here are some changes we made to the website in January. Week 1 Added “Voices of Neurodiversity: An Inclusive Encyclopaedia – 1st Edition” to our list of other glossaries in “Glossary Terms”. Published “Moral Injury”. Opened our grant pipelines: Mutual Aid Grants Creator Grants Published “Don’t let the bastards grind…
Stimpunks Co-Creative Director Helen has a chapter in “It Takes All Kinds of Minds: Fostering Neurodivergent Thriving at School” on “Embracing Monotropism and Flow”. This chapter discusses the benefits of embracing the theory of monotropism (Murray et al., 2005) and the associated phenomenon of flow for autistic and ADHD young people in educational settings. We also draw attention to why we need…
Our website is a living document that is always changing and growing. Here are some changes we made to the website in December. Week 49 Added a section on “The Map of Monotropic Experiences” to the “Monotropism” glossary page. Also did some layout tidying. Updated “Intermittent Collaboration” with a quote from “Towards Autistic Flow Theory – Flow Podcast Ep 1 – YouTube” Added “Falling…
A search for “Stimpunks” on Google Scholar yields 65 results. We’ve been cited pretty broadly. It’s always interesting to see where our work ends up. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=stimpunks&btnG= Congrats Stimpunks community. Our messages are getting out there. As we state for our “Open Research” pillar: We improve the scientific experience for the disabled and the…
Our website is a living document that is always changing and growing. Here are some changes we made to the website in November. Week 45 Installed “Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org” to backup all of our pages and every page we link to the Internet Archive. It also replaces links in our pages that no longer resolve with the Internet Archive versions…
Our Co-Creative Directors Helen Edgar and Ryan Boren have a chapter on “Cavendish Space” in the book “Sensory Spaces: An A-Z of Immersive and Creative Environments to Support Sensory Integration”, available now from Routledge. Buy Now About Cavendish Space Cavendish Spaces are based on flexibility, interaction, movement and the role of embodied responsive experiences. They provide a rich…
Our website is a living document that is always changing and growing. Here are some changes we made to the website in October. Week 40 Added “The SHOCKING Truth About Disability Benefits (They Don’t Want You To Know!) – YouTube” to “⛑ Mutual Aid: Real Help Against the Onslaught”. Published new glossary page “Administrative Burden”. Migrated our newsletter to Givebutter. Added “WARMTH…
Kristine Leslie (She/They) is a multiply neurodivergent Strategy and Development Consultant. As Chief Transformation Officer of Integrative Arts and Well-being, via her consultancy, Consult with Kristine (NJ M/WBE), she builds creative capacity. With an educational background in Deaf Studies, Sociology, and English, she transitioned from teaching Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing students to arts…
Peyton Belunek is a disabled and AuDHD writer, nature based spiritual contemplative, death doula, naturalist, herbalist, and energy worker. She is dedicated to advocacy and activism around autism and disability rights, environmental and social justice, and Non Violent Communication as a way of being in the world. She has an undergraduate degree in social work from NYU and experience as a…
About ClaireB I am an autistic and physically disabled blogger with a particular interest in AAC, monotropism and education. I have written for Autistic Village and am currently writing for YoungMinds. I want other young people and adults like myself to develop positive autistic or disabled identities. Keywords:Stimming – a human need, a means of self-expression, communication, or meeting…
Neurodivergent people are treated as noise to be filtered out in most studies supporting the “science of learning”. The thing is, research like this — serious scientific research into Autism — has historically treated the subjective experiences of its subjects as noise to be filtered out. They all think they can accurately read our emotions if they need to and so don’t need to ask…
Our website is a living document that is always changing and growing. Here are some changes we made to the website in May. Week 18 Added art, quotes, and accordions to “The Help” and “The Need” sections of the front page. Published “Map of Monotropic Experiences: Free Open Source Training Resources”. Updated “The Cult of Compliance and the Policing of the Norm” with “Community Responder…
In this talk, Guy Claxton warns against the scientism and epistemic injustice of “The Science of Learning” and proposes instead something very much aligned with our notions of niche construction, toolbelt theory, collaboration, and iteration. These contribute to what Claxton calls “epistemic apprenticeship”. Dean’s Lecture Series – Prof Guy Claxton on the Science of Learning – YouTube As Dr.…
French winemakers use the term terroir to describe the unique characteristics that place bestows on each varietal. It is what makes us desire champagne from France, coffee from Kenya, cigars from Cuba, and sourdough from San Francisco. The word itself means something like “a sense of place,” which emerges from the unique qualities of soil, climate, and topography. Walk Out Walk On: A Learning…
About ClaireB I am an autistic and physically disabled blogger with a particular interest in AAC, monotropism and education. I have written for Autistic Village and am currently writing for YoungMinds. I want other young people and adults like myself to develop positive autistic or disabled identities. Keywords: EF – executive functions Monotropism/monotropic – our cognitive style. An…
