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Text: Glossary #NeuroqueerLearningSpaces sensory safety = understanding the sensing and perceptual world (especially for neurodivergent people) and being serious about our sensory needs in every setting. ***psychological safety = a condition in which you feel (I) included, (2) safe to learn, (3) safe to contribute, and (4) safe to challenge the status quo-all without fear of being embarrassed, marginalized, or punished in sone way. ***learner safety = safety to engage in the discovery process, ask questions, experinent, and even make mistakes. embodiment = staying present in our own bodies to sensations, emotions and the external environment without going into dysregulation without going into fight/flight/freeze/fawn. regulation = tending to and responding to the body's needs. These are working definitions. Community input appreciated! #NeuroqueerLearningSpaces Helen Bigar & Ryan Boren Yarch 2024 *caves = spaces for quiet reflection, introspection and self- directed learning. *campfires = spaces for learning with a storyteller - teacher. mentor, elder, expert. *watering holes = spaces for social learning with peers. intermittent collaboration = group work punctuated by breaks to think and work by ourselves. niche construction = directly modifying the environment in such a way that it enhances someone's chances for success. flow state = the experience of complete absorption in the present moment. **cognitive liberty = the idea that individuals have the right to absolute sovereignty over their own minds and their own cognitive processes. **somatic liberty = freedom of embodiment, freedom to indulge, adopt, and/or experiment with any styles or quirks of movement and embodiment, whether they come naturally to one or whether one chooses them. the freedom to give bodily expression to one's neurodivergence. neurological pluralism = the multiplicity of different bodyminds with diverse and conflicting needs coexisting peaceably and interdependently. *= Inspired by David Thornburg's 'primordial learning metaphors' from "Campfire to Holodeck" (2013) **= Inspired by Nick Walker's "Neuroqueer Heresies" (2021) ***= Inspired by Timothy R. Clark's "The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety" (2020)

Glossary – Neuroqueer Learning Spaces

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A glossary of Neuroqueer Learning Spaces terms, from sensory safety to cognitive liberty, made with Ryan Boren and Stimpunks.

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A glossary of working definitions from the Neuroqueer Learning Spaces project, written with Ryan Boren of Stimpunks. It covers terms such as sensory safety, psychological safety, regulation, niche construction, flow state, cognitive and somatic liberty, neurological pluralism, and the learning spaces of caves, campfires and watering holes. Keep it to hand when you read, teach or plan about neuroqueer approaches to learning.

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