Author: Ryan Boren
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Stimpunks Podcast Episode 3: On Jordan Neely and Support Systems
In this episode, Inna reflects on what happens when a neurodivergent person’s support system goes away and society fails them. Transcript Our Loved Ones are Jordan Neely So, I’m sitting […]
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Stimpunks Community Art: “Mobile – Home” by Heike Blakley
What it feels like answering my phone. A sense of dread washes over me each time my phone rings and is quickly followed by anxiety due to time frame response.
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Stimpunks Guide to the NeurodiVerse Issue #4: From an Ivory Tower Built on Sand to Open, Participatory, Emancipatory, Activist Research
Autism research is out-of-touch with the “real” world Frontiers | From ivory tower to inclusion: Stakeholders’ experiences of community engagement in Australian autism research Our “Stimpunks Guide to the NeurodiVerse” […]
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Stimpunks Guide to the NeurodiVerse Issue #3: Mental Health and Epistemic Justice
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We dedicate this issue to epistemic justice, something sorely missing in the treatment of neurodivergent and disabled people’s mental health. Negative stereotypes stifle voices and useful tools. Lack of epistemic justice proliferates harm.
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Stimpunks Guide to the NeurodiVerse Issue #2: Healthcare Access
This issue gathers recent research on healthcare access for autistic people. These studies confirm autistic common knowledge about our healthcare accessibility struggles and how to ameliorate them.
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Stimpunks Guide to the NeurodiVerse Issue #1: Education and Autistic Community
This research roundup showcases recent research regarding education and how autistic community improves educational outcomes.
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Stimpunks Podcast Episode 1: The Logistics of Inclusion
cofounder Inna is the motive force behind our efforts to gain inclusion into our systems and institutions. In this episode, she talks about the logistics of inclusion, including: Transcript Respecting […]
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How to Be an Ally During Autism Acceptance Month
Autism acceptance, awareness month (April) is here. We updated our piece on “Navigating Autism Acceptance Month and Autism Myths”. We explain how to be a better ally during this month […]
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A Credo for Support: Respecting Autonomy in a Society of Interdependence and Care
A CREDO FOR SUPPORT Do Not see my disability as the problem. Recognize that my disability is an attribute. Do Not see my disability as a deficit.It is you who see […]
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Accessibility, Access Intimacy, and Forced Intimacy
These pieces on access intimacy and forced intimacy by Mia Mingus very much resonate with my experience. Forced intimacy is the continuous submission to patient hood required to access the […]
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Anxiety, Ambiguity, and Autistic Perception
This piece on interviewing autistics had me nodding along in self-recognition. I relate deeply to every point in the article, but this one acknowledges a fundamental aspect of my being […]
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Conquering Gaze from Nowhere: Meritocracy Myths, Marked Bodies, and Spoiled Identities
The interpretation of objectivity as neutral does not allow for participation or stances. This uninvolved, uninvested approach implies “a conquering gaze from nowhere” (Haraway 1988). In many ways, claims of […]
