Tag: framing
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Solarpunk aims to cancel the apocalypse.
“SOLARPUNK: Life in the future” is great long form scrollytelling akin to what we try to do here on our website. We updated our Solarpunk glossary page with selections from it. Solarpunk aims to cancel the apocalypse. SOLARPUNK: Life in the future Solarpunk is Punk after all SOLARPUNK: Life in the future Solarpunk as a…
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Reframe Disability and Difference with Stimpunks
Reframe these states of being that have been labelled deficiencies or pathologies as human differences. Normal Sucks: Author Jonathan Mooney on How Schools Fail Kids with Learning Differences Not having the vocabulary to describe yourself and your loved ones is a tragedy. Our story of reframing disability and difference starts on our front page and…
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Additions to Our Philosophy on Tech Ethics, Algorithmic Oppression, Power, Accommodations, Accessibility, Care, Inclusion, Diagnosis, and Reframing
Our philosophy page collects quotes we steer by. They are compasses and stars that align us on our mission. We recently added quotes on tech ethics, algorithmic oppression, power, accommodations, accessibility, care, inclusion, diagnosis, and reframing. The accommodations for natural human variation should be mutual. Affordability is a part of accessibility. We need a counterculture…
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The Neurodivergent Experience in Josephmooon’s “So Far So Good”
Our own Ronan released an album. Ronan is lyricist for Josephmooon. You can read the story of their distributed collaboration on their blog: josephmooon explained more backstory “How to write a song” Mooonmemories These songs resonate with my autistic, bipolar, and disabled life. I’m super excited to add them to my favorite playlist, Chronic Neurodivergent…
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Kinetic Cognitive Style
I’m not a fan of the “ADHD” label because it stands for “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,” and the terms “deficit” and “disorder” absolutely reek of the pathology paradigm. I’ve frequently suggested replacing it with the term Kinetic Cognitive Style, or KCS; whether that particular suggestion ever catches on or not, I certainly hope that the…
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Equity Literacy: Learning to Be a Threat to Inequity in Our Spheres of Influence
Mindset marketing is no threat to inequity and injustice. It’s bikeshedding of the same old deficit ideology. It flakes off quickly. A big influence on me is Paul Gorski of the Equity Literacy Institute. I wish every educator with growth mindset, grit, SEL, and PBIS in their social media bios would take Gorski’s equity courses.…