We serve neurodivergent and disabled people and our allies with passion-driven programming organized by our learners. We do concerts, lunch & learns, field trips, art shows, art lessons, dance lessons, cooking lessons, adulting lessons, meetups, marketplaces, and more. We pursue experiential learning and practice collaboration and iteration while doing work that impacts community. And, also, having fun.
Upcoming Events
About Our Events
Stimpunks Learning Space offers community and space for passion-based, human-centered learning with purpose. Our learners collaborate on distributed, multi-age, cross-disciplinary teams with a neurodiverse array of creatives doing work that impacts community. Via equity, access, empathy, and inclusivity, we create anti-ableist space compatible with neurodiversity, the social model of disability, and all types of bodyminds. We create space for the neurodivergent and disabled people most ill-served by “empty pedagogy, behaviorism, and the rejection of equity“.
We pursue programming driven by passion and purpose. A teenage Stimpunk helped us put on Metal Health Fest. He came up with the idea and collaborated with us and a live music event coordinator using our communication stack. He helped pick the lineup, design the posters, write the copy, deal with logistics and legalities, setup the speakers and soundboard, and keep people safe. He helped troubleshoot along the way, keeping the event on schedule and on budget. He learned collaboration while putting on a show that our community really enjoyed. To top it off, he earned service hours at school.
Check the page for our learning space for more. Our learners help put on our events, climbing learning curves as we go.
Visit our Events Field Guide for how we put on welcoming events.
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Past Events
May 17, 2025
“Alright now, hootenanny time.”
Nina Simone – Go Limp (Live At Carnegie Hall, New York, 1964) – YouTube @1:34
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Seeds of Cope: A Mental Health Hootenanny
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Celebrate Weird Pride Day 2025 with Stimpunks
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Picnic at the Zoo!
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Lunch & Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire movie in Bee Cave
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“A Year with Frog and Toad” Musical
December 17th, 2023: Jingle All Our Ways
January 29th, 2023: Metal Health Fest
Stimpunks Foundation and Vancerts hosted a Metal Health Fest in Austin, TX on January 29th, 2023 from 4:00 – 9:00PM. Get photos and details on the event page.
Our Communities
Local
We serve neurodivergent and disabled people local to us in Austin TX, Denver CO, New Orleans LA, and Ketchum ID with passion-driven programming driven by our learners. We do concerts, lunch & learns, field trips, art shows, marketplaces, and more.
Online
We serve a global online audience with our open research, podcast, courses, glossary, field guide, blog, and Guides to the NeurodiVerse.
Our Activities
Classes
Algiers Point Art Adventures
At Algiers Point Art Adventures in New Orleans, LA, Becky and Friends host a creative drawing and painting class for children ages around 6-7 in one class and around 8-10 in another. We explore ways to bring out children’s creativity as well as some drawing techniques. Classes are every Saturday at 10:30am starting June 3rd.
Events
Metal Health Fest
We pursue passion-driven programming driven by our learners. A teenage Stimpunk helped us put on Metal Health Fest. He came up with the idea and collaborated with us and a live music event coordinator using our communication stack. He helped pick the lineup, design the posters, write the copy, deal with logistics and legalities, setup the speakers and soundboard, and keep people safe. He helped troubleshoot along the way, keeping the event on schedule and on budget. He learned collaboration while putting on a show that our community really enjoyed. To top it off, he earned service hours at school.
The photos turned out great.
We also do lunch & learns, field trips, art shows, marketplaces, and more. We take care of the expenses and business logistics, providing a platform of support for our community of neurodivergent and disabled people. Visit our Events page for more.
