Stimpunks is a growing knowledge ecosystem exploring how environments, institutions, and cultures can support cognitive diversity.
This index helps you navigate the system.
You can explore it through:
- vocabulary
- patterns
- design recipes
- environments
- participation systems
- frameworks for institutions and civilization
Start Here
If you are new to Stimpunks, begin with these pages:
These pages explain the basic structure of the site.
Vocabulary and Concepts
The glossary provides shared language for understanding neurodivergent experience.
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These pages help people find words for experiences that are often misunderstood.
The Pattern Language
Patterns describe recurring structures in neurodivergent life.
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Explore the full pattern system:
Examples of patterns include:
- Pattern 01 — Monotropism
- Pattern 02 — Spiky Profiles
- Pattern 03 — Sensory Load
- Pattern 04 — Processing Time
- Pattern 05 — Deep Attention
- Pattern 06 — Social Energy
- Pattern 07 — Regulation First
- Pattern 08 — Masking Pressure
- Pattern 09 — Environment Fit
- Pattern 10 — Energy Accounting
- Pattern 11 — Burnout Threshold
- Pattern 12 — Energy Recovery
Design Recipes
Recipes translate patterns into practical design actions.
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Examples include:
- Designing Attention Sanctuaries
- Designing Sensory-Safe Spaces
- Designing Flexible Participation
- Designing Intermittent Collaboration
- Designing Recovery Cycles
- Designing Monotropic Workflows
- Designing Predictable Environments
- Designing Regulation Spaces
Recipes make the pattern language usable in everyday contexts.
Environments
Recipes shape real environments.
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Examples include:
One environment model is:
Participation and Collaboration
Neurodivergent collaboration requires different participation systems.
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These tools support multiple ways of contributing.
Design Frameworks
Stimpunks also includes frameworks for designing systems.
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- The Stimpunks Design Method
- The Stimpunks Design Language
- Collaborative Niche Construction
- Neurodivergent Design Principles
Diagnostics and Standards
These pages help evaluate environments and institutions.
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Maps of the System
Several pages help visualize the ecosystem.
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These maps show how ideas connect across the system.
Civilization-Level Ideas
Stimpunks also explores how cognitive diversity might reshape society.
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- A Pattern Language for Neurodivergent Civilization
- The Architecture of Neurodivergent Civilization
- The Neurodivergent Civilization Atlas
- The Neurodivergent Civilization Stack
- The Neurodivergent Operating System
The Knowledge Ecosystem
The Stimpunks ecosystem grows through connections between ideas.
Concepts↓Glossary↓Patterns↓Recipes↓Environments↓Institutions↓Civilization
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A Living Knowledge Garden
Stimpunks is not a finished theory.
It is a shared exploration of neurodivergent life and design.
New patterns, recipes, environments, and participation systems will continue to emerge.
This index helps readers navigate that evolving landscape.
