Author: Ryan Boren

Howdy. I’m Ryan Boren (he/they) with Stimpunks Foundation, a nonprofit by and for neurodivergent, disabled, and queer people. I’m a retired tech worker turned wannabe sociologist. CV: I helped start WordPress.org, WordPress.com, WordCamp.org, and Automattic.com, among the first fully distributed organizations. About: queer, vegetarian, autistic, bipolar, hyperlexic, power wheelchair user, neuromuscular disease Location: Dripping Springs, Texas, USA, named after the springs at the Milk House Branch of the Edwards Aquifer, a gathering place for the Tonkawa people, who were here before us. We’re a little west of Austin in Texas Hill Country. Current SpIns: pens and paper, everyday carry/coping, punk rock, queercore, Ezra Furman, The Linda Lindas, food anime, Thai fisherman pants, Tokyo street fashion, solarpunk, solar energy, heat pumps, electrification, library economies, third places, epistemic injustice, scrollytelling

Here’s a growing thread about neurodiversity and education involving several educators I follow.

The Drugging of the American Boy https://t.co/ylNVomGBX3 this really is disgraceful, no-one cares about boys, it’s acceptable to malign them

— Pilib De Brún (@Malachians) March 6, 2018

My “I’m Autistic” and social model pieces are referenced, cool.

Education, Neurodiversity, the Social Model of Disability, and Real Life

I’m Autistic. Here’s what I’d like you to know.

The Backchannels section of Commox also received some attention. I’m working on a standalone post tentatively called “Bring the backchannel forward. Written communication is a great social equalizer.”

Communication is oxygen. Build a district wide collaboration infrastructure and an open by default culture.

Great piece that aligns with my experience:

https://hbr.org/2017/11/what-managers-need-to-know-about-social-tools

I worked it into the team communication section of Communication is Oxygen.

Communication is oxygen. Build a district wide collaboration infrastructure and an open by default culture.

I also worked it into…

Building creative culture at work and in the classroom

and…

Projects, Teams, and Psychological Safety

I gave all of those some editing attention while I was in there. Someday, I’ll start liking the way they read. After a year, some pieces are to the point where I can accept their public existence. 🙂

I made big updates to this piece, including a new intro that references the story of Henry Cavendish, autistic discoverer of hydrogen.

Classroom UX: Bring Your Own Comfort, Bring Your Own Device, Design Your Own Context

I also tried bringing together the cave, campfire, and watering hole metaphor with the red, blue, green of interaction badges and the three level communication flow that my company and others use.