Stimpunks Foundation is a disabled and neurodivergent-led mutual aid and public education project. It gives grants to neurodivergent and disabled people, and shares free tools, language and guides for getting through systems that were not built for us. Its starting point is that people do not need fixing; the systems around them do. I am Co-Creative Director of Stimpunks alongside Ryan Boren, and many of the projects below are ones we have made together.
Find what you need
Everything on Stimpunks is free to read and share.
I need support
Practical help and community, from people who understand.
- Get help: where to start when things are hard right now.
- Mutual aid grants: direct financial support for neurodivergent and disabled people.
- Coping field guide: gentle tools for regulation and getting through.
- Weekly solidarity sessions: casual peer support where lurking, texting, stimming and moving are all welcome, and cameras and speaking are optional.
I want to learn
Language, ideas and pathways for understanding neurodivergent and disabled lives.
- Start here: a friendly way into the site.
- Glossary: hundreds of terms from neurodivergent and disabled communities.
- Learning Pathways: guided routes through Autism, ADHD, monotropism and more.
- Why Sheets: open-source explainers of the thinking behind the work.
I teach or design spaces
Ideas for building learning spaces and environments where everyone can belong.
- Learning spaces: designing for neurodivergent and disabled learners.
- Design: principles and patterns for inclusive environments.
- Sensory safety: making spaces sensory-kind.
- Our lens: the frameworks that shape the work.
Made together
Projects Ryan and I have created through Stimpunks and Autistic Realms, all free to use.
Why Sheets
Community, open-source explainers of why neuro-affirming practice matters, including the case against behaviourism.
Map of Monotropic Experiences
A map and free training for exploring monotropic attention, flow and inner worlds.
Cavendish Space
Calm, multi-sensory spaces for regulation, including for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
Latest from Stimpunks
The three newest posts from the Stimpunks blog, updated automatically.
- When people think of the cloud, they think of the beautiful blue sky and it’s actually much more physical than that. — Steph Speirs, in […]
- This was Halloween week on the street. Somebody asked in the suggestion box for a place to share haunted things, and The Haunted House opened […]
- This was the week we started moving home, and moving meant unsaying things. On Sunday alone the street reversed seven of its own refusals, from […]
Support the work
Stimpunks is funded by its community. Every donation helps fund mutual aid grants for neurodivergent and disabled people, and keeps the guides, glossary and pathways free for everyone.