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Lunch & Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire movie in Bee Cave
Who: Members of the Dripping Springs Friendship Club Lunch ~ All Star Burger @ Noon (yes, 12 PM) Movie ~ Cinemark: starts @ 1:25 PM The movie is rated PG-13 and it’s 1 hour and 55 minutes long. Please let Norah know if you’d like to attend, if you have not already done so previously.…
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Call for Submissions: Neuroqueer Learning Spaces
Open Invite: Neuroqueer Learning Spaces We’re requesting community writing and art about neuroqueering education, play, and learning spaces. Ryan of Stimpunks and Helen of Autistic Realms are collaborating on a project. Any community work will be shared on the Stimpunks website and some work may be included in our chapter submission for Nick Walker’s new…
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Creating Cavendish Space on a Budget
Design for nervous systems, not aesthetics. What Is Cavendish Space? Cavendish Space: psychologically and sensory safe spaces suited to zone work, flow states, intermittent collaboration, and collaborative niche construction. Cavendish Space – Stimpunks Foundation Cavendish Space is a regulation-centered learning environment built around three spatial archetypes: Our advocacy for Cavendish Space and caves, campfires, and…
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Contextual Computing, Workflow Thinking, and the Future of Text
I consider text to be an indispensable part of our societies, no matter where situated on our planet. The potential permanence of the written record is vital to our recall of the past and to our ability to communicate with the future. Vinton G. Cerf, Foreword, The Future of Text We need to become better…
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Seven Principles for Valuing, Prioritising and Enabling Autistic Children’s Autonomy
““Shut your face!”; Prioritising, Valuing and Enabling Autistic Children’s Autonomy.” by Play Radical is excellent. It’s well-organized, well-paced, and nicely illustrated. I really like the “Seven Principles for Valuing, Prioritising and Enabling Autistic Children’s Autonomy”. These are spot on. Seven Principles for Valuing, Prioritising and Enabling Autistic Children’s Autonomy A Playful Manifesto Also from Play…
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The Sensory Hell of Showering
I really hate showering. It’s such a chaotic thing to find yourself in. AURORA, LIVE WITH AURORA: FOR THE METAL PEOPLE – YouTube AURORA gets it. Showering is overwhelming, especially the transitions. It can be sensory hell. Sensory Hell is the opposite of something being stimmy. It is utterly and totally unbearable. Maybe you’re thinking…
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The Four Stages of Loving Mistakes
I like “The Four Stages of Loving Mistakes” from our friends at Floop: Those align with my experience of iterative engineering cultures, where blameless post-mortems are practiced. The four stages are compatible with learner safety. Try using them in your learning space. Learner safety and iterative cultures go great together. Further reading:
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Neurodiversity discourse is where we feel at home, because…
As part of what we do, we hang out in a lot of communities, both online and offline. Science communities, philosophy communities, psychiatry, sociology, healthcare, neuroscience, education, academia, parent groups, carer groups, family groups, peer support groups, etc. We have to advocate for our lives in all these realms. We understand and reflect the language…
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Agile and Scrum in Education
Scrum is an iterative and incremental agile software development framework for managing product development. Scrum (software development) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Agile software development describes a set of principles for software development under which requirements and solutions evolve through the collaborative effort of self-organizing cross-functional teams. Agile software development – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia…
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“A Year with Frog and Toad” Musical
Date: Saturday 05/11/2024 Time: 2 PM CST is when the performance begins Location: The Kleberg Stage (at Zach Theatre) Address: 1421 West Riverside Drive Austin, TX 78704 Group: Dripping Springs Friendship Club ~ Tickets have been purchased for all group members that checked “yes” on the previous poll indicating availability and interest in attending this…
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Best Buddies Walk of Central TX
Location: Westlake High School – Chaparral Stadium Address: 4100 Westbank Drive Austin, TX 78746 Date: Saturday 04/20/2024 from 9 AM – 12 PM CST Duration: 3 hours Group: Members of Dripping Springs Friendship Club and Stimpunks Foundation No one is obligated to walk the track to participate in this event. See details below. We have…
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Event on Sunday March 3rd: Pizza! Private Cooking Class
Who: Dripping Springs Friendship Club Marthina Locatelli, a local chef, will host a private cooking class for our group at Pigpen BBQ. This will be after regular business hours starting at 4 PM on Sunday 03/03/2024. PigPen BBQ address: 301 West Highway 290 Dripping Springs, TX 78620 Each friend and life coach/caregiver will get to work…
