Tag: monotropism
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Finding Belonging in Collective Flow
Looking back with the vocabulary of neurodiversity, my career was much about seeking belonging in collective flow. Working on the WordPress core development team back in the early days of the project was a lesson in neurodiverse collaboration and developing collective flow. There’s nothing like working together toward a common goal to build community and…
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“Parallel play was observed as one of the most frequent play states for autistic children in free play settings.”
We updated our “Flow” and “Parallel Play” glossary pages with selections from “Diversity in Autistic Play: Autistic Adults’ Experiences | Autism in Adulthood”. Parallel Play Many autistic adults discussed their preferences in social play, which relate to social play differences and who they preferred to play with. We found some potential social play differences, such…
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Enhancing Self-Determination with Interdependence, Niche Construction, and Flow
Two important areas of self-determination for us are niche construction and flow. If we aren’t allowed to construct niches so we can achieve flow states, we aren’t sufficiently self-determined. In “Frontiers | Toward understanding and enhancing self-determination: a qualitative exploration with autistic adults without co-occurring intellectual disability”, we detect themes of “let me build my…
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The Double Empathy Problem in the Workplace: More Autistic Employees Accurately Interpret the Behavior of an Autistic Employee Than Non-Autistic People
The Double Empathy Problem and Perceptions of an Autistic Employee in the Workplace by @KASzechy et al found that more autistic employees accurately interpret the behavior of an autistic employee than non-autistic people Autism In Adulthood on Twitter “Autism and Employment Challenges: The Double Empathy Problem and Perceptions of an Autistic Employee in the Workplace”…
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Autism Professionals: Have you heard of monotropism?
Not once in my ADOS training did they ever cover the topic of monotropism. That means people are getting trained to diagnose autism without a full understanding of the most important theory related around autism. Monotropism. Have you even heard of it? @playspark@tiktok Header art: “Attention Tunnel” by Betsy Selvam is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 Likewise, SpEd…
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Meerkat Mode, Monotropic Split, and Monotropic Spiral
Tanya Adkin and David Gray-Hammond are doing great work furthering our understanding of atypical burnout, monotropism, and the intersections of the two. Tanya’s conceptions of Meerkat Mode, Monotropic Split, and Monotropic Spiral really resonate with me. We created new glossary pages and updated our Monotropism and Burnout pages with selections from their work: Meerkat Mode…
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Changelog: Autistic Play at Forest School
We updated our Play glossary page with selections from “Autistic Play at Forest School : pretend play characteristics seen otherwise” and “About “Functional Play” | Just Stimming…“. …monotropism can be very effective in enabling forest school practitioners to comprehend the rationales behind autistic play behaviours so as to appreciate and validate autistic play culture, and…
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The Monotropism Questionnaire Is Going Viral
The recently published “Monotropism Questionnaire” has gone viral on TikTok. Header art: “Flow” by Betsy Selvam is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 Our Monotropism pages at stimpunks.org are getting a corresponding spike in traffic. Likewise monotropism.org. Below, we gather context and helpful links to monotropism’s viral moment, including an important caveat from the questionnaire’s authors: the questionnaire should…
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Stimpunks Guide to the NeurodiVerse Issue #5: Redefining Autism Science with Monotropism and the Double Empathy Problem
If we are right, then monotropism is one of the key ideas required for making sense of autism, along with the double empathy problem and neurodiversity. Monotropism makes sense of many autistic experiences at the individual level. The double empathy problem explains the misunderstandings that occur between people who process the world differently, often mistaken for a lack of empathy…
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Six Things Educators Must Know About Neurodivergent People
Here are six things we think every educator must know about neurodivergent people. By understanding these, we make “all means all” more meaningful. – Spiky Profiles – Monotropism – Double Empathy Problem – Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria – Exposure Anxiety – Situational Mutism
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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…
