The Library of Neurodivergent Alexandria
An open archive of neurodivergent voices: writing, talks, podcasts and stories, gathered by the NeuroHub community.
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Personal essays on access, accommodations and neuroinclusion, and on the everyday systems that decide whether we get to fully exist.
Content note: One paragraph has a blunt discussion of current events. If you don’t want to read it, I’ve marked it so you can skip. This post is addressed to my subscribers and followers, the people…
Content Note: This essay discusses sexual assault on college campuses and in the military, including specific cases and how institutions responded to them. It names what happened without graphic…
I met a woman this weekend who recently recognized her neurodivergence. She is a creator, a writer, an artist. She’s had an amazing career. Now she is asking existential questions and expressing a…
My friend asked me if I could talk. Of course I can! I gave her a window, asked her to set a time, and braced myself. Photo by Bruno Figueiredo on Unsplash I know asking for a set time is risky.…
Sometimes I can’t let it go. Something feels off, something important is being overlooked. I can’t stop poking at it until I understand what I am sensing. I frustrate the people around me. I…
I melted down one month after I was laid off from my job of 15 years. The layoff happened right as we were moving into our new home. We were facing a fresh mortgage, and our income divided in half.…
I need a bodymind break and the Glitter dial have moved to a part of their own, Comfort, straight after Where you are, because they are about you and not about the room. It starts open, so it is…
Helen Edgar’s Faery Yurt on Cel Street can now be opened in a VR headset, from the headset’s own browser: a Meta Quest’s, for one. Enter VR appears under the street only in the yurt, and only on a…
The National Autistic Society in Wales has published a guide for Members of the Senedd and councillors on communicating with Autistic constituents, making surgeries accessible and challenging…
Answering an MP’s question, the DWP listed Disability Confident, Access to Work, Keep Britain Working and an employer advice service. It did not say how well they work for neurodivergent people.…
Lucy Powell told MPs the SEND reform bill, the consultation response and new national inclusion standards will come ‘very early in the new year’. For families in England, the wait for answers goes…
A WorkBC roundtable in British Columbia brought employers and neurodivergent employees together. Their advice was practical: be flexible in interviews, plan for sensory needs, and communicate…
Our glossary asks a question we keep coming back to: If you’re not at home and you’re not at work or school but you are at a place that provides community without being required to buy stuff, where…
30 October 2026 — Glimmer Wire The week the archive that had carried every full text here for five editions began asking its callers to prove they were not robots.
This livestream sets out to explore what it is like to be both a patient and professional in the world of healthcare while also being Autistic and/or multiply neurodivergent. You are invited to join…
I was 40. I was at a conference. The energy! I was among my people (I thought) feeling like I belonged — really belonged! It was heady, something I had really never felt before. I had knowledge and…
This was a week of building with other people. Helen Edgar built much of her own corner of Stimpunks.World, and her Faery Yurt grew a reading room, a music room, and a wood stove you can keep going.…
Site New page: Hold a cogen. A cogen is a small, regular conversation where the people in a room work out how to change it. The name and the practice are Christopher Emdin's, from For White Folks Who…
This week in our NeuroCourage community, someone joined a new group whose sign-up asked, “What brought you here?” She answered “An email.” When she got into the group, she saw that everyone else…
Full documentsry By Georgia De Gidlow here https://youtu.be/vt1Q2GvjHlc?si=YyijsAsMiwtRnSDH Content note: this video includes descriptions of alleged child abuse, including sexual abuse. On Saturday…
Access now Exclusively available until November 18th! Featuring more than 50 neuroaffirming resources from dozens of advocates and practitioners, this is a truly unmissable collaboration offering…
Week 41 runs Sunday 2026-10-04 through Saturday 2026-10-10. The day headings below carry their dates. The companion piece is Stimpunks.org Changelog for Week 41 2026: From the Kitchen to the Pub,…
A theme I return to again and again is the importance of Autistic community and connecting with our neurokin. In the UK and elsewhere, accessing formal support often requires meeting opaque…
Content Warning: alcoholism My perspective is limited by my positionality. This essay is based solely on my own experience. and in no way should be interpreted as judgment or condemnation of any…