Neurodivergent life is not random or chaotic.
It follows recognizable patterns.
Across Stimpunks you will find many ideas, stories, and tools.
But underneath them are a smaller set of core forces that shape how neurodivergent people experience the world.
These forces interact like elements in a system.
Together they form something like a conceptual map — a periodic table of neurodivergent life.
This page gathers those core ideas into one place so you can see how they connect.
The Core Concept Table
How the Concepts Combine
These ideas rarely appear alone.
They interact to produce many common neurodivergent experiences.
For example:
Monotropism+Sensory Load+Social Energy=BurnoutOr:
Environment Fit+Regulation First+Processing Time=Accessible ParticipationUnderstanding these relationships helps explain why certain environments work for neurodivergent people — and why others fail.
From Concepts to Design
These concepts are not just descriptions.
They form the foundation of neurodivergent design.
From these ideas we derive:
- the Pattern Library → /patterns/library/
- the Pattern Recipes → /patterns/recipes/
- the Design Method → /design/
- the Design Standard → /standard/
Together these tools help translate neurodivergent experiences into practical environments, practices, and systems.
How This Fits into Stimpunks
This page is part of a larger knowledge system.
You can explore it in several ways:
Language and vocabulary
Patterns of neurodivergent life
Design and environments
The broader framework
A Living Knowledge System
This table is not final.
The Stimpunks knowledge system grows as new ideas emerge from lived experience, design practice, and collaborative experimentation.
New concepts may be added.
Relationships between ideas may become clearer.
Patterns may evolve.
The goal is not to create a closed theory.
The goal is to build a shared language for understanding and designing neurodivergent life.
