
This is a public service announcement… with guitar!
— Know Your Rights, The Clash

Stimpunks combines âstimmingâ + âpunksâ to evoke open and proud stimming, resistance to neurotypicalization, and the DIY culture of punk, disabledThe label "disabled" means so much to me. It means I have community. It means I have rights. It means I can be proud. It means I can affirm myself... More, and neurodivergent communities. Instead of hiding our stims, we bring them to the front.
Everything that was normally supposed to be hidden was brought to the front.
PUNK SUBCULTURE â WIKIPEDIA
We placed songs from our âChronic Neurodivergent Depressed Queer Punkâ and âPluralism Rocksâ playlists throughout stimpunks.org, tying them into our advocacy and research-storytelling. They collectively serve as a Public Service Announcement, with guitar.
- 𤲠The Dream of the Accepting Community
- đđ§ We Stand Together, We Think Apart
- đđš Standing in the Way of Control, We Will Live Our Lives
- âď¸ Know Your Rights; These Are Your Rights
- 𪜠Nobody Gets It; They Say We’re Too Sensitive
- đ˘ Shave the Pride: Say You’re Sorry
- đđŚđŚâżď¸ We Wrote This for the Outcasts
- đŤđ§ Spare Me from the Mold
- đśđ It Take a Joyful Sound: New Wave, New Phrase, Neurodiversity
- đś The Music of Stimpunks
- âď¸ Standing Up for the Rights, Like the True Light!
𤲠The Dream of the Accepting Community
Any time I think I feel at home again I hit the ground running 'til I'mâ gone I'veâ spent the pastâ few months stuck in my ownâ head Just 'cause I can't connect with anyone My legs are restless,âeyesâareâheavy, set meâfree From this feelingâI have learned is discontent I'm out of gas, I'm out of cash, but now I see I was never really broken I was bent -- Roots
The lyrics referred to the way many people viewed fans of punk rock (who often endured stares, slurs and assaults at the time), but they could just have easily been about people diagnosed with mental illnesses, who are frequently looked down upon as crazy, violent and unintelligent.
A long-standing and influential theory regarding disability is the “social model,” initially advanced by Mike Oliver. The social model argues that “disability” does not reside within individuals, but is actually created by a mismatch between social structures and individual capacities. These structures can include obvious physical barriers (such as stairs, which could make it impossible for people in wheelchairs to enter a school or workplace by themselves), but can also include intolerant social attitudes which make it very difficult for people who don’t act in a manner that is considered “acceptable” to participate socially or avail themselves of community resources.
British human right activist Liz Sayce has specifically extended the social model to explain much of the disability that is experienced by people diagnosed with mental illnesses, and has argued for the establishment of “inclusive communities” to facilitate greater community participation among these individuals.
Source: Punk Rock and the Dream of the Accepting Community | Psychology Today
We found community amidst online genderpunks, neuropunks, and cripplepunks conversant in the social model. That community and connection gave rise to the name of our endeavor, Stimpunks, and our motivation to build “a safe and nurturing environment for divergent thinking” under our umbrella.
Magic happens when you combine collaboration and neurodiversityNeurodiversity is the diversity of human minds, the infinite variation in neurocognitive functioning within our species.NEURODIVERSITY: SOME BASIC TERMS & DEFINITIONS Neurodiversity is a biological fact. Itâs not a perspective, an approach, a... More, because then the result is diversity and creativity rather than groupthink.
NeurodiVenture : an inclusive non-hierarchical organisation operated by neurodivergentNeurodivergent, sometimes abbreviated as ND, means having a mind that functions in ways which diverge significantly from the dominant societal standards of ânormal.âNeurodivergent is quite a broad term. Neurodivergence (the state of being... More people that provides a safe and nurturing environment for divergent thinking, creativity, exploration, and collaborative niche constructionPositive Niche Construction--practice of differentiating instruction for the neurodiverse brainNeurodiversity in the Classroom Positive niche construction is a strengths-based approach to educating students with disabilities. Reimagining Inclusion with Positive Niche Construction... More.
NeurodiVerse : human scale cultures created by neurodiversityNeurodiversity is the diversity of human minds, the infinite variation in neurocognitive functioning within our species.NEURODIVERSITY: SOME BASIC TERMS & DEFINITIONS Neurodiversity is a biological fact. Itâs not a perspective, an approach, a... More within the human species
NeurodiVentures | Autistic Collaboration
Hereâs some collected listening that covers a gamut of punk and punk-adjacent music on mental health and living in divergent bodymindsBodymind: A term used to challenge the idea the body and mind are experienced separately (Descartes). Written in various ways, Bodymind or Body-mind, this usage foregrounds the understanding that experiences... More. âEverything that was normally supposed to be hidden was brought to the front.â This playlist, in part, seeks to bring to the front.
Content Notes: suicidal ideation, addiction, mania, depression, dysphoria, chronic illness, anxiety, overwhelm, panic, meltdown, masking, burnout, exposure anxiety, rejection sensitive dysphoria, OCD, ADHD, ADD, SPD, bipolar, autism
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https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/chronic-neurodivergent-depressed-queer-punk/pl.u-yZyVVjZtYzXDqW
It’s about rejecting pity, inspiration porn, & all other forms of ableismA system that places value on people's bodies and minds based on societally constructed ideas of normality, intelligence, excellence, desirability, and productivity. These constructed ideas are deeply rooted in anti-Blackness,... More. It rejects the “good cripple” mythos. CrippleSome people with disabilities call themselves âcrips.â âCripâ used to be a mean word for disabled. It is short for âcripple.â But some disabled people call themselves âcripsâ on purpose.... More Punk is here for the bitter crippleSome people with disabilities call themselves âcrips.â âCripâ used to be a mean word for disabled. It is short for âcripple.â But some disabled people call themselves âcripsâ on purpose.... More, the uninspirational crippleSome people with disabilities call themselves âcrips.â âCripâ used to be a mean word for disabled. It is short for âcripple.â But some disabled people call themselves âcripsâ on purpose.... More, the smoking crippleSome people with disabilities call themselves âcrips.â âCripâ used to be a mean word for disabled. It is short for âcripple.â But some disabled people call themselves âcripsâ on purpose.... More, the drinking crippleSome people with disabilities call themselves âcrips.â âCripâ used to be a mean word for disabled. It is short for âcripple.â But some disabled people call themselves âcripsâ on purpose.... More, the addict crippleSome people with disabilities call themselves âcrips.â âCripâ used to be a mean word for disabled. It is short for âcripple.â But some disabled people call themselves âcripsâ on purpose.... More, the crippleSome people with disabilities call themselves âcrips.â âCripâ used to be a mean word for disabled. It is short for âcripple.â But some disabled people call themselves âcripsâ on purpose.... More who hasn’t “tried everything”. CrippleSome people with disabilities call themselves âcrips.â âCripâ used to be a mean word for disabled. It is short for âcripple.â But some disabled people call themselves âcripsâ on purpose.... More Punk fights internalized ableismA system that places value on people's bodies and minds based on societally constructed ideas of normality, intelligence, excellence, desirability, and productivity. These constructed ideas are deeply rooted in anti-Blackness,... More & fully supports those struggling with it. It respects intersections of race, culture, gender, sexual/romantic orientation, size, intersex status, mental illness/neuroatypical status, survivor status, etc. CrippleSome people with disabilities call themselves âcrips.â âCripâ used to be a mean word for disabled. It is short for âcripple.â But some disabled people call themselves âcripsâ on purpose.... More Punk does not pander to the able bodied.
what are the principles of cripple punk? Are there any rules?
đđ§ We Stand Together, We Think Apart
Please complete this simple task Push the buttons just like we ask This step first and that step last Over and over and do it fast Iâm watching everyone, feeling like a simpleton Why canât I get it done? I just want to scream and run I donât think like you But Iâm the one thatâs called abnormal This construct Was built by petty tyrants
Am I on the level yet? (Level yet) How did I do on your little test? Get my brain to reset (Reset) 'Cause everything you say is static Do I make a good pet? (Good pet) Obey the commands or get the back of the hand 'Cause the world wasnât built for a brain like mine Change my mind, change my mind, change my mind
This construct Was built and can be dismantled We stand together We think apart We stand together We think apart --Neurodivergent by Rabbit Junk
Until ABA updates its scientific methods, its functions of behavior, and incorporates modern day psychology â including neurology, child development, educational psychology, and other vital research â it cannot be considered to be a safe, effective, or ethical field.
Behaviorism is Dead. How Do We Tell The (Autism) Parents? Âť NeuroClastic
đđš Standing in the Way of Control, We Will Live Our Lives
Because weâ˛re standing in the way of control We will live our lives -- Standing In the Way of Control
We are marginalized canaries in a social coalmine and Rawlsian barometers of societyâs morality. It is deeply subversive to live proudly despite being living embodiments of our cultureâs long standing ethical failings.
Our non-compliance is not intended to be rebellious. We simply do not comply with things that harm us. But since a great number of things that harm us are not harmful to most neurotypicals, we are viewed as untamed and in need of straightening up.
One of my favorite anecdotes from Aspergerâs thesis is when he asks an autistic boy in his clinic if he believes in God. âI donât like to say Iâm not religious,â the boy replies, âI just donât have any proof of God.â That anecdote shows an appreciation of autistic non-compliance, which Asperger and his colleagues felt was as much a part of their patientsâ autism as the challenges they faced. Asperger even anticipated in the 1970s that autistic adults who âvalued their freedomâ would object to behaviorist training, and that has turned out to be true.
THINKING PERSONâS GUIDE TO AUTISM: On Hans Asperger, the Nazis, and Autism: A Conversation Across Neurologies
âď¸ Know Your Rights; These Are Your Rights
You have the right to food money Providing of course you Don't mind a little Investigation, humiliation And if you cross your fingers Rehabilitation Know your rights These are your rights -- Know Your Rights
- The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 â Car Autism Roadmap â https://www.carautismroadmap.org/the-americans-with-disabilities-act-of-1990-ada/
- Job Accommodation Network â https://askjan.org/
- Inclusive Schools Network â https://inclusiveschools.org/
- Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy â https://www.wrightslaw.com/
- Olmstead Self-Assessment â https://www.olmsteadrights.org/self-helptools/assessment/
- How to Make a Supported Decision-Making Agreement â ACLU â https://www.aclu.org/other/how-make-supported-decision-making-agreement
- National Disability Rights Network â https://www.ndrn.org/about/ndrn-member-agencies/
- Information on the ADA â https://www.ada.gov/
- International Disability Alliance â http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/
- International Disability Rights â Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund â https://dredf.org/legal-advocacy/international-disability-rights/

We have worked together for many years, and we made the disability rights movement. The disability rights movement is when disabledThe label "disabled" means so much to me. It means I have community. It means I have rights. It means I can be proud. It means I can affirm myself... More people fight back against ableismA system that places value on people's bodies and minds based on societally constructed ideas of normality, intelligence, excellence, desirability, and productivity. These constructed ideas are deeply rooted in anti-Blackness,... More. We work to change society to be better for disabledThe label "disabled" means so much to me. It means I have community. It means I have rights. It means I can be proud. It means I can affirm myself... More people, and fight for our rights as people with disabilities.
Self-advocacy isnât just speaking up for yourself. It can also mean speaking up for your whole community. The self-advocacy movement is when we all speak up together. The self-advocacy movement is part of the disability rights movement, where people with intellectual and developmental disabilities fight for our rights.
We still have a long way to go, since disabledThe label "disabled" means so much to me. It means I have community. It means I have rights. It means I can be proud. It means I can affirm myself... More people still get treated unfairly. We canât always choose where we live or what help we get. We donât always have the right to vote. We might not get to choose how we want to spend our money, or have control over who cares for us. But we are still fighting for our rights.
Welcome to the Autistic Community
A motto of the self-advocacy movement is âNothing About Us, Without Us!â. Lots of people talk about us without letting us talk. We should always be part of the conversation, and be in charge of our lives.
Welcome to the Autistic Community
- Pacific Alliance on Disability Self-Advocacy (PADSA) Resources
- Welcome to the Autistic Community
- Accessing Home and Community-Based Services: A Guide for Self Advocates
- The Right to Make Choices: International Laws and Decision-Making by People with Disabilities (Easy Read and Families versions)
- Getting and Advocating for Community-Based Housing
- Voting Resources
- AutismAndHealth.org: Primary Care Resources for Adults on the Autism Spectrum and their Primary Care Providers
- SARTAC: Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center
- Everybody Communicates: Toolkit for Accessing Communication Assessments, Funding and Accommodations

Autistic Self Advocacy Network
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism. ASAN believes that the goal of autism advocacy should be a world in which autistic people enjoy equal access, rights, and opportunities. We work to empower autistic people across the world to take control of our own lives and the future of our common community, and seek to organize the autistic community to ensure our voices are heard in the national conversation about us. Nothing About Us, Without Us!
People with disabilities need to make policies ourselves.
We should get to use our stories to help change the world.
Nothing about us, without us!
SHARING YOUR STORY FOR A POLITICAL PURPOSE

In a perfect world, we would all be guided by the presumption of competence, not just in regard to disability but in all human interaction. But we do not live in a perfect world. In the real world, no matter what skills I acquireâbe they social, emotional, physical, or educationalâthere will be a sizable number of people who will presume me to be incompetent. Brace me for it. Make sure I know my rights. Let me know over and over again that I am so much more than the box some small-minded person wishes to fit me into. Practice with me the interactive tools I need to stand up in the face of those who do not believe in me.
Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network. Sincerely, Your Autistic Child (p. 6). Beacon Press.
Revolution rock Yeah so, get that cheese grater going Against the grains Wearin' me down Pressure increase Everybody! --Revolution Rock by The Clash
𪜠Nobody Gets It; They Say We’re Too Sensitive
Our non-compliance is not intended to be rebellious. We simply do not comply with things that harm us. But since a great number of things that harm us are not harmful to most neurotypicals, we are viewed as untamed and in need of straightening up.
THINKING PERSONâS GUIDE TO AUTISM: On Hans Asperger, the Nazis, and Autism: A Conversation Across Neurologies
I get overwhelmed so easily My anxiety creeps inside of me Makes it hard to breathe What's come over me Feels like I'm somebody else I get overwhelmed so easily My anxiety keeps me silent When I try to speak What's come over me Feels like I'm somebody else I get overwhelmed All of these faces Who don't know what space is And crowds are shut down I'm overstimulated Nobody gets it They say I'm too sensitive I can't listen cause I'm eyeing the exits --Overwhelmed by Royal & the Serpent
I get overwhelmed so easily My anxiety Creeps inside of me Makes it hard to breathe What's come over me? Feels like I'm somebody else I get over, well, well, well Would you look at that? Another person telling me that I should just relax "Calm down and take it easy everything will be okay" Yeah, sure 'cause that's what they all say --Overwhelmed by Ryan Mack
đ˘ Shave the Pride: Say You’re Sorry
Autism researchers have given autistic people zero reasons to trust them, after over a decade of cure and epidemic and plague language. For some reason being an autism researcher means never having to say youâre sorry.
Sara Luterman
Take a step back, take one step back Take a step back and shave that pride off Take a second, open your mind Take a step back and stop this madness You say you taste the frozen sorrow Well we can feel your lack of informaciĂłn I see the hunger, hate and love It might not do us any good It cannot do us any good Small minds who feed suck the children to dirt It gives us shivers the way they shed blood Trying to forget but we can't much longer The sight of anger breaks small ginger hopes
Take a step back, take one step back Take a step back and shave that pride off Take a second, open your mind Take a step back and stop this madness Take a step back, take one step back Take a step back and shave that pride off Take a second, open your mind Take a step back and stop this madness And stop this madness Stop this madness
The bricks are grown makes this place much colder It give us shivers the way they shed snow Trying to forget, but we canâ˛t much longer The sight of anger breaks small ginger hopes Old sores permit these scars to scare us senseless Makes my spine increase with sudden panic These problems started in our adolescence The size of your rage drowns my urge for loving
đđŚđŚâżď¸ We Wrote This for the Outcasts
Hey, you ever stop to think that maybe we're all different? Or that you can't just throw every student into the same system Just examine resources and where they're placin' em
I'm just saying there's different students out there facing some pain It's completely unfair to expect that they would behave the same But go ahead, make it harder for one and watch them play the game
So real shit? I wrote this for the outcasts What you have to offer is worthwhile, don't ever doubt that -- Imaginary Numbers
đŤđ§ Spare Me from the Mold
I make the right mistakes And I say what I mean Spare Me From The Mold --Spare Me From The Mold by Gossip
If we were not threatening to the social order in some way, there would not be therapies designed to control how we move our bodies and communicate.
THINKING PERSONâS GUIDE TO AUTISM: On Hans Asperger, the Nazis, and Autism: A Conversation Across Neurologies
đśđ It Take a Joyful Sound: New Wave, New Phrase, Neurodiversity
âPunks are outcasts from society. So are the Rastas. So they are bound to defend what we defend,â Marley concluded. Shortly thereafter, they began recording the single Punky Reggae Party, and by naming an underground social phenomenon, helped further it.
Culture Clash: Bob Marley, Joe Strummer and the punky reggae party | Reggae | The Guardian
New wave, new phrase New wave, new craze It take a joyful sound To make a world go around Come with your heart and soul Come on come and rock your boat Because it's a punky reggae party And it's tonight It's a punky reggae party And it's alright Rejected by society (do re mi fa) Treated with impunity (so la te do) Protected by my dignity (do re mi fa) I search for reality (So La te Do) --Punky Reggae Party by Bob Marley & The Wailers
New wave, new phrase
New wave, new craze
NeurodiversityNeurodiversity is the diversity of human minds, the infinite variation in neurocognitive functioning within our species.NEURODIVERSITY: SOME BASIC TERMS & DEFINITIONS Neurodiversity is a biological fact. Itâs not a perspective, an approach, a... More

What NeurodiversityNeurodiversity is the diversity of human minds, the infinite variation in neurocognitive functioning within our species.NEURODIVERSITY: SOME BASIC TERMS & DEFINITIONS Neurodiversity is a biological fact. Itâs not a perspective, an approach, a... More Means to Me
NeurodiversityNeurodiversity is the diversity of human minds, the infinite variation in neurocognitive functioning within our species.NEURODIVERSITY: SOME BASIC TERMS & DEFINITIONS Neurodiversity is a biological fact. Itâs not a perspective, an approach, a... More, to me, means both a fabulous celebration of all kinds of individual minds, and a serious, holistic acknowledgment of the necessity of diversity in order for society to survive, thrive, and innovate. It means identity, belonging, and community. It means I am not broken, not alone, and neither are my siblings standing with me beneath that huge, multi-colored neurodiversityNeurodiversity is the diversity of human minds, the infinite variation in neurocognitive functioning within our species.NEURODIVERSITY: SOME BASIC TERMS & DEFINITIONS Neurodiversity is a biological fact. Itâs not a perspective, an approach, a... More umbrella: we the autistic, the mad, the weirdly-wired, the queer, the crippledSome people with disabilities call themselves âcrips.â âCripâ used to be a mean word for disabled. It is short for âcripple.â But some disabled people call themselves âcripsâ on purpose.... More, and the labeled with neurodivergentNeurodivergent, sometimes abbreviated as ND, means having a mind that functions in ways which diverge significantly from the dominant societal standards of ânormal.âNeurodivergent is quite a broad term. Neurodivergence (the state of being... More diagnoses like flowers that glorify our beautiful bodies and minds.
Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement: Stories from the Frontline

Neurodiversity is one of the most powerful ideas of our generation.
It take a joyful sound. Reframe.
Human cognitive diversity exists for a reason; our differences are the genius â and the conscience â of our species.
A Thousand Rivers
đś The Music of Stimpunks
âď¸ Standing Up for the Rights, Like the True Light!
Reggae music is still here As the voice of the people everywhere Whenever there is injustice and tyranny Reggae music is there Standing up for the rights, like the true light! Reggae music gonna make me feel good Reggae music gonna make me feel alright now Reggae music gonna make me feel good Reggae music gonna make me feel alright now (Reggae, reggae, reggae gonna make me feel good!) Reggae music gonna make me feel alright now Reggae music gonna make me feel good Reggae music gonna make me feel alright now --Reggae Music by Jimmy Cliff
New wave, new phrase New wave, new craze --Punky Reggae Party by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Song recorded by Lee Perry. The alliance of punk rockers and Jamaican immigrants including Rastaman during the rock against racism festival (where punks and reggae bands played together against the British National Front) the Brixton riot’s soundtrack. This is an alternative version alternating dub and vocals.
punky reggae party perry sessions 1977-BOB MARLEY & LEE PERRY
âŚpunk and reggae are assumed to go together. The chocolate and peanut butter of the music world. But in the late 70âs, the decision to combine them at allâto attempt to create musical solidarity between Britainâs working class whites and the new Caribbean immigrant populationâwas a revolution in itself.
punk rock and reggae: a love story in 2 acts | AFROPUNK
One more, one more, one more, one more I got one more song I must sing Ting-a-ling Freedom ring I got one more song I must sing Simple song, so sing along One more, one more, one more, one more
All we got One more life to live One more love to give One more cliff to climb One more It's my time --One More by Jimmy Cliff