Stimpunks is building a shared language for disability, neurodivergence, access, and power.
This is not a medical dictionary. It’s a survival lexicon. A community vocabulary. A way to name what’s happening.
Free card deck to print
The Stimpunks Glossary Cards are a free card deck of 297 words from this glossary. Each card has the word, a short definition, a symbol, and a link for going deeper into Stimpunks World. Created by Stimpunks in collaboration with Helen Edgar, Autistic Realms. You will also find each card at the end of its glossary page.
- Print the cards (PDF, 4.7 MB, 75 A4 pages): 4 cards per page, single-sided, with cut lines. Print at actual size (100%), cut along the grey lines, and laminate if you like.
- Complete deck for screens (PDF, 5.1 MB): a Welcome card, a How to Use card, then all 297 cards from A to Z, with bookmarks.
- A4 posters (PDF, 4.8 MB): one card per page.
For 222 more words, read Helen Edgar’s Neuro-Affirming Glossary free online, or get the e-book and card deck in the Autistic Realms shop.
The PDFs are tagged for screen readers, and every symbol has alt text. Definitions from the Stimpunks glossary, free to share and adapt under CC BY-SA 4.0 with credit to Stimpunks. Symbols adapted from Tabler Icons (MIT licence).
Most Read Glossary Pages (Start Here)
Identity and Language
- Autistic
- Kinetic Cognitive Style
- Neurotype
- Neurospicy
- Neuroqueer
- Autigender
- Gendervague
- Cripple Punk
- Crip
- Nonspeaking
- ActuallyAutistic
- Autistic Language Hypothesis
- Neurominority
- Autistic Rhizome
Attention and Cognition
Body and Sensory Experience
- Bodymind
- Tendril Theory
- Object Permanence
- Meerkat Mode
- Glimmers
- Stimming
- Deep Pressure
- Sensory Trauma
- Neuroception
- Chronic Constellation
Everyday Neurodivergent Realities
- Autistic Joy
- Nesting
- Situational Mutism
- Parallel Play
- Samefood
- Object Personification
- Body Doubling
- Caves, Campfires, and Watering Holes
- Special Interest
- Limerence
- Support Swapping
- Canary
- Burrito Test
Burnout, Trauma, Nervous Systems
- Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
- Autistic Burnout
- Crip Time
- Alexithymia
- Meltdown
- Autistic Polling
- Systems Generated Trauma
- Moral Injury
- School-Induced Anxiety
Access, Dignity, and Mutuality
- Access Intimacy
- Biopsychosocial Model
- Self-Determination Theory
- Co-regulation
- ADHD Tax
- Crip Tax
- Administrative Burden
- Relationship Accommodations
- Asynchronous Communication
- Chosen Family
- Care Web
- Interdependence
- Lily Pads
Power, Ableism, and Compliance
- Ableism
- Double Empathy Problem
- Behaviorism
- Pathology Paradigm
- Technoableism
- Epistemic Injustice
- R-Word
- Quiet Hands
- Childism
- DisCrit
- Neurocosmopolitanism
- Justice Sensitivity
- Radical Inclusivity
If you can name it, you can challenge it. If you can share it, you can survive it together.