A curated guide to the most important ideas, patterns, tools, and environments in the Stimpunks ecosystem.

Stimpunks has grown into a large knowledge system. This catalog helps you find the most useful parts quickly.

Use it to explore:

• essential concepts
• core patterns
• design recipes
• environments
• maps
• design frameworks
• civilization-scale ideas

This is not a complete index of every page. It is a curated entry point into the parts of Stimpunks that are most useful for understanding and designing neurodivergent life.

A curated guide to the most useful ideas, patterns, tools, and environments in the Stimpunks ecosystem.

Start Here

If you are new to Stimpunks, begin with these pages:

• Start Here
• How to Use Stimpunks
• The Neurodivergent Design Handbook
• The Three Maps of Stimpunks

These pages explain how the site works and where to go next.

Essential Concepts

These are some of the most important concepts in the Stimpunks ecosystem.

• Monotropism
• Spiky Profiles
• Sensory Load
• Processing Time
• Deep Attention
• Social Energy
• Masking Pressure
• Environment Fit

These concepts help explain why neurodivergent experiences often differ from institutional expectations.

Core Patterns

These patterns form the backbone of the Stimpunks pattern language.

Attention Architecture

• Pattern 01 — Monotropism
• Pattern 04 — Processing Time
• Pattern 05 — Deep Attention
• Pattern 13 — Context Switching Cost
• Pattern 14 — Interest-Driven Learning
• Pattern 15 — Attention Anchors
• Pattern 16 — Cognitive Load Windows

Energy & Burnout

• Pattern 06 — Social Energy
• Pattern 08 — Masking Pressure
• Pattern 10 — Energy Accounting
• Pattern 11 — Burnout Threshold
• Pattern 12 — Energy Recovery

Environment & Regulation

• Pattern 03 — Sensory Load
• Pattern 07 — Regulation First
• Pattern 09 — Environment Fit

Explore the broader system here:

• Core Patterns of Neurodivergent Life
• Pattern Library
• Pattern Atlas
• Pattern Graph
• Pattern Clusters

Design Recipes

These pages translate patterns into practical design moves.

• Designing Attention Sanctuaries
• Designing Regulation Spaces
• Designing Recovery Cycles
• Designing Predictable Environments
• Designing Flexible Participation
• Designing Intermittent Collaboration
• Designing Sensory-Safe Spaces
• Designing Monotropic Workflows

Explore the full set:

• Pattern Recipes

Environments

These pages show what neurodivergent design looks like in real contexts.

• Neurodivergent Classrooms
• Neurodivergent Workplaces
• Inclusive Meetings
• Neurodivergent Libraries
• Designing Cavendish Space

These environments combine patterns, recipes, and participation systems.

Participation & Collaboration

These pages help redesign how people contribute, communicate, and collaborate.

• The Neurodivergent Participation Toolkit
• Asynchronous Communication
• Interaction Badges
• Flexible Participation
• Intermittent Collaboration

This is the participation layer of the Stimpunks system.

Design Framework

These pages explain the larger design system behind Stimpunks.

• The Stimpunks Design Method
• Neurodivergent Design Principles
• The Neurodivergent Design Field Guide
• The Neurodivergent Architecture Handbook
• The Neurodivergent Design Standard
• The Neurodivergent Design Standard Stack
• Neurodivergent Environment Diagnostics

These pages are especially useful for educators, designers, organizational leaders, and community builders.

Maps & Navigation

These pages help readers navigate the Stimpunks knowledge ecosystem.

• The Three Maps of Stimpunks
• Map: Language, Ideas, and Where to Go
• The Stimpunks Universe Map
• The Pattern Atlas
• The Pattern Graph
• The Neurodivergent Knowledge Garden

These maps make the system easier to understand as a whole.

Knowledge System

These pages describe Stimpunks as a knowledge ecosystem.

• The Stimpunks Knowledge System
• The Stimpunks Knowledge Ecosystem
• The Neurodivergent Commons
• The Neurodivergent Knowledge Garden
• The Stimpunks Canon

Together they frame the project as a living, evolving commons.

Civilization

These pages explore the long-horizon implications of neurodivergent design.

• Designing a Neurodivergent Civilization
• The Architecture of Neurodivergent Civilization
• The Neurodivergent Civilization Atlas
• The Neurodivergent Civilization Project
• The Future of Neurodivergent Civilization
• The Neurodivergent Civilization Stack
• The Neurodivergent Operating System
• The Neurodivergent Renaissance

These pages ask what society could become if cognitive diversity were expected rather than suppressed.

The Core Ladder

One way to understand the Stimpunks ecosystem is through this design ladder:

Experiences
↓
Patterns
↓
Recipes
↓
Environments
↓
Design Systems
↓
Civilization

This catalog helps you enter that ladder at any point.

Suggested Paths Through the Catalog

If you want to understand neurodivergent experience

Start with:

• Glossary
• Core Patterns of Neurodivergent Life
• The Three Forces of Neurodivergent Life

If you want practical design guidance

Start with:

• Pattern Recipes
• The Stimpunks Design Method
• The Neurodivergent Architecture Handbook

If you want to redesign real spaces

Start with:

• Designing Neurodivergent Environments
• Designing Cavendish Space
• Neurodivergent Environment Diagnostics

If you want the big-picture vision

Start with:

• The Neurodivergent Design Handbook
• The Three Maps of Stimpunks
• Designing a Neurodivergent Civilization

A Living Catalog

This catalog will evolve as the Stimpunks ecosystem grows.

New patterns, recipes, environments, and frameworks will continue to emerge.

The goal is not to freeze the system. It is to make the system easier to explore, use, and build with.

Continue Exploring

• How to Use Stimpunks
• The Neurodivergent Design Handbook
• The Neurodivergent Architecture Handbook
• The Three Maps of Stimpunks
• The Neurodivergent Design Index