Awe, Wonder and Monotropic Attention in Neuroqueer Learning Spaces
If Helen De Cruz designed a learning space, what would it look like? Helen Edgar follows wonder and awe through monotropism, glimmers, flow and Cavendish Space.
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If Helen De Cruz designed a learning space, what would it look like? Helen Edgar follows wonder and awe through monotropism, glimmers, flow and Cavendish Space.
2 October 2026 — Glimmer Wire Six papers read end to end — and the first story held because the only summary of it available was written by a machine.
25 September 2026 — Glimmer Wire Five papers read end to end — and six holds whose headlines each turn on a word the paper does not use.
5 September 2026 — Glimmers Nobody at any step became more accurate. They got better at choosing, and better at saying so.
2 September 2026 — Glimmers A thing that never changes and has no counterexample is very hard to tell apart from a rule.
31 August 2026 — Glimmers The pair that comes back clean is the one to worry about.
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Glimmers can be thought of as the opposite of triggers. Instead of heralding unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and traumatic memories, they bring joy. Deb Dana first used the term to describe…
Glimmers are small, powerful moments of Autistic joy that emerge when we’re deeply immersed in what matters to us. Learn how monotropism & flow create space for joy in an overwhelming world.…