Center for Adaptive Stress
@peripheralminds.bsky.social
Lori Hogenkamp is an autistic researcher, systems thinker, and founder of the Center for Adaptive Stress. She is the developer of the Evolutionary Stress Framework, a transdisciplinary model integrating energy dynamics, neurodiversity, and complex systems.
🌀 Framing Fairness as System Stability
“Fairness isn't making everyone the same. It's designing systems where different kinds of people can thrive and contribute meaningfully.”
This isn’t about being politically correct—it’s about evolutionary integrity.
“Fairness isn't making everyone the same. It's designing systems where different kinds of people can thrive and contribute meaningfully.”
This isn’t about being politically correct—it’s about evolutionary integrity.
April 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🌀 Framing Fairness as System Stability
“Fairness isn't making everyone the same. It's designing systems where different kinds of people can thrive and contribute meaningfully.”
This isn’t about being politically correct—it’s about evolutionary integrity.
“Fairness isn't making everyone the same. It's designing systems where different kinds of people can thrive and contribute meaningfully.”
This isn’t about being politically correct—it’s about evolutionary integrity.
Neurosocials stabilize group cohesion
Neuroperipherals explore and adapt under pressure
Diversity of roles prevents systemic collapse
Entropy and trade-offs explain both vulnerability and resilience
Neuroperipherals explore and adapt under pressure
Diversity of roles prevents systemic collapse
Entropy and trade-offs explain both vulnerability and resilience
April 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Neurosocials stabilize group cohesion
Neuroperipherals explore and adapt under pressure
Diversity of roles prevents systemic collapse
Entropy and trade-offs explain both vulnerability and resilience
Neuroperipherals explore and adapt under pressure
Diversity of roles prevents systemic collapse
Entropy and trade-offs explain both vulnerability and resilience
🌱 Why Bio-Neurodiversity Matters
Biological and neurocognitive diversity isn’t just about inclusion—it’s the raw material of long-term survival.
“What looks inefficient in the short term may be vital in unpredictable environments.”
Biological and neurocognitive diversity isn’t just about inclusion—it’s the raw material of long-term survival.
“What looks inefficient in the short term may be vital in unpredictable environments.”
April 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🌱 Why Bio-Neurodiversity Matters
Biological and neurocognitive diversity isn’t just about inclusion—it’s the raw material of long-term survival.
“What looks inefficient in the short term may be vital in unpredictable environments.”
Biological and neurocognitive diversity isn’t just about inclusion—it’s the raw material of long-term survival.
“What looks inefficient in the short term may be vital in unpredictable environments.”
Energy Trade-Offs: Every trait or adaptation uses energy differently—some offer resilience, others specialization.
Emergent Outcomes: Health and fairness emerge from relationships, not isolated variables.
Emergent Outcomes: Health and fairness emerge from relationships, not isolated variables.
April 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Energy Trade-Offs: Every trait or adaptation uses energy differently—some offer resilience, others specialization.
Emergent Outcomes: Health and fairness emerge from relationships, not isolated variables.
Emergent Outcomes: Health and fairness emerge from relationships, not isolated variables.
🧠 What Systems Thinking Adds:
Leverage Points: Not just fixing symptoms (e.g., test scores), but shifting the underlying dynamics (e.g., who defines intelligence).
Multiple Feedback Loops: How stress, prediction, and adaptation create different outcomes across neurotypes.
Leverage Points: Not just fixing symptoms (e.g., test scores), but shifting the underlying dynamics (e.g., who defines intelligence).
Multiple Feedback Loops: How stress, prediction, and adaptation create different outcomes across neurotypes.
April 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🧠 What Systems Thinking Adds:
Leverage Points: Not just fixing symptoms (e.g., test scores), but shifting the underlying dynamics (e.g., who defines intelligence).
Multiple Feedback Loops: How stress, prediction, and adaptation create different outcomes across neurotypes.
Leverage Points: Not just fixing symptoms (e.g., test scores), but shifting the underlying dynamics (e.g., who defines intelligence).
Multiple Feedback Loops: How stress, prediction, and adaptation create different outcomes across neurotypes.
🧭 Two Contrasting Philosophies of Fairness
Ladder Logic (Scarcity Thinking) vs Ecosystem Logic (Complexity Thinking)
Ladder Logic (Scarcity Thinking) vs Ecosystem Logic (Complexity Thinking)
April 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🧭 Two Contrasting Philosophies of Fairness
Ladder Logic (Scarcity Thinking) vs Ecosystem Logic (Complexity Thinking)
Ladder Logic (Scarcity Thinking) vs Ecosystem Logic (Complexity Thinking)
And yes, I’m working on a follow-up:
“I Love Neurodiversity, But I’ve Had a Bone to Pick…”
A lighter (and slightly unhinged) tour through the Great Autism Telenovela.
Because this history? Deserves some side-eye and some humor.
Stay tuned.
“I Love Neurodiversity, But I’ve Had a Bone to Pick…”
A lighter (and slightly unhinged) tour through the Great Autism Telenovela.
Because this history? Deserves some side-eye and some humor.
Stay tuned.
March 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
And yes, I’m working on a follow-up:
“I Love Neurodiversity, But I’ve Had a Bone to Pick…”
A lighter (and slightly unhinged) tour through the Great Autism Telenovela.
Because this history? Deserves some side-eye and some humor.
Stay tuned.
“I Love Neurodiversity, But I’ve Had a Bone to Pick…”
A lighter (and slightly unhinged) tour through the Great Autism Telenovela.
Because this history? Deserves some side-eye and some humor.
Stay tuned.
I broke this all down in my latest piece on Medium:
History, medicine, politics, the autism timeline, and what comes next.
Read it here:
medium.com/@lori.hogenkam…
History, medicine, politics, the autism timeline, and what comes next.
Read it here:
medium.com/@lori.hogenkam…
March 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I broke this all down in my latest piece on Medium:
History, medicine, politics, the autism timeline, and what comes next.
Read it here:
medium.com/@lori.hogenkam…
History, medicine, politics, the autism timeline, and what comes next.
Read it here:
medium.com/@lori.hogenkam…
It’s a design shift:
Biopsychosocial-nutritional and
Stress-adaptive medicine
Inclusive infrastructure
Real systems that work for diversity
MAGA had a point
So did MAHA
So did neurodiversity
But they all took the wrong route.
No systems. No scaffolding. No strategy.
Just vibes and backlash.
Biopsychosocial-nutritional and
Stress-adaptive medicine
Inclusive infrastructure
Real systems that work for diversity
MAGA had a point
So did MAHA
So did neurodiversity
But they all took the wrong route.
No systems. No scaffolding. No strategy.
Just vibes and backlash.
March 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It’s a design shift:
Biopsychosocial-nutritional and
Stress-adaptive medicine
Inclusive infrastructure
Real systems that work for diversity
MAGA had a point
So did MAHA
So did neurodiversity
But they all took the wrong route.
No systems. No scaffolding. No strategy.
Just vibes and backlash.
Biopsychosocial-nutritional and
Stress-adaptive medicine
Inclusive infrastructure
Real systems that work for diversity
MAGA had a point
So did MAHA
So did neurodiversity
But they all took the wrong route.
No systems. No scaffolding. No strategy.
Just vibes and backlash.
Medicine ignored stress.
Alt-health exploited stress.
Neurodiversity avoided biology.
Everyone blamed someone else.
No one wanted to say:
“This is a complex, adaptive issue that needs complex, adaptive systems.”
What we need isn’t another story.
It’s not another villain.
Alt-health exploited stress.
Neurodiversity avoided biology.
Everyone blamed someone else.
No one wanted to say:
“This is a complex, adaptive issue that needs complex, adaptive systems.”
What we need isn’t another story.
It’s not another villain.
March 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Medicine ignored stress.
Alt-health exploited stress.
Neurodiversity avoided biology.
Everyone blamed someone else.
No one wanted to say:
“This is a complex, adaptive issue that needs complex, adaptive systems.”
What we need isn’t another story.
It’s not another villain.
Alt-health exploited stress.
Neurodiversity avoided biology.
Everyone blamed someone else.
No one wanted to say:
“This is a complex, adaptive issue that needs complex, adaptive systems.”
What we need isn’t another story.
It’s not another villain.
Meanwhile, autism isn’t a myth.
-It’s not a mystery.
-It’s not caused by one thing, and it doesn’t need one solution.
It’s a sign that our systems aren’t designed for variation.
Not a disorder.
Not a superpower.
A mismatch.
-It’s not a mystery.
-It’s not caused by one thing, and it doesn’t need one solution.
It’s a sign that our systems aren’t designed for variation.
Not a disorder.
Not a superpower.
A mismatch.
March 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Meanwhile, autism isn’t a myth.
-It’s not a mystery.
-It’s not caused by one thing, and it doesn’t need one solution.
It’s a sign that our systems aren’t designed for variation.
Not a disorder.
Not a superpower.
A mismatch.
-It’s not a mystery.
-It’s not caused by one thing, and it doesn’t need one solution.
It’s a sign that our systems aren’t designed for variation.
Not a disorder.
Not a superpower.
A mismatch.
It all came to a head in the autism wars.
-Alt-med vs. mainstream
-Neurodivergent adults vs. autism moms
-Toxins vs. identity
-Acceptance vs. cure
-Science vs. vibe
A full-on culture clash disguised as a health debate.
-Alt-med vs. mainstream
-Neurodivergent adults vs. autism moms
-Toxins vs. identity
-Acceptance vs. cure
-Science vs. vibe
A full-on culture clash disguised as a health debate.
March 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It all came to a head in the autism wars.
-Alt-med vs. mainstream
-Neurodivergent adults vs. autism moms
-Toxins vs. identity
-Acceptance vs. cure
-Science vs. vibe
A full-on culture clash disguised as a health debate.
-Alt-med vs. mainstream
-Neurodivergent adults vs. autism moms
-Toxins vs. identity
-Acceptance vs. cure
-Science vs. vibe
A full-on culture clash disguised as a health debate.
All these movements hated each other—but played the same game:
-Define yourself by opposition
-Reject nuance
-Use identity & outrage to unify
-Refuse complexity in favor of clarity
Different flags, same blueprint.
-Define yourself by opposition
-Reject nuance
-Use identity & outrage to unify
-Refuse complexity in favor of clarity
Different flags, same blueprint.
March 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
All these movements hated each other—but played the same game:
-Define yourself by opposition
-Reject nuance
-Use identity & outrage to unify
-Refuse complexity in favor of clarity
Different flags, same blueprint.
-Define yourself by opposition
-Reject nuance
-Use identity & outrage to unify
-Refuse complexity in favor of clarity
Different flags, same blueprint.
And MAGA? Same energy.
Distrust institutions.
Promise restoration.
Deliver division.
It gave people someone to blame, not something to build.
Distrust institutions.
Promise restoration.
Deliver division.
It gave people someone to blame, not something to build.
March 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
And MAGA? Same energy.
Distrust institutions.
Promise restoration.
Deliver division.
It gave people someone to blame, not something to build.
Distrust institutions.
Promise restoration.
Deliver division.
It gave people someone to blame, not something to build.
You can’t shame your way into systems change.
Meanwhile, MAHA (RFK Jr., Hyman, etc.) turned autism into a wellness populist battlefield.
“Root cause” cures, detox smoothies, vaccine panic.
It looked holistic—but still used linear logic.
Fix the gut → heal the brain → profit?
Meanwhile, MAHA (RFK Jr., Hyman, etc.) turned autism into a wellness populist battlefield.
“Root cause” cures, detox smoothies, vaccine panic.
It looked holistic—but still used linear logic.
Fix the gut → heal the brain → profit?
March 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
You can’t shame your way into systems change.
Meanwhile, MAHA (RFK Jr., Hyman, etc.) turned autism into a wellness populist battlefield.
“Root cause” cures, detox smoothies, vaccine panic.
It looked holistic—but still used linear logic.
Fix the gut → heal the brain → profit?
Meanwhile, MAHA (RFK Jr., Hyman, etc.) turned autism into a wellness populist battlefield.
“Root cause” cures, detox smoothies, vaccine panic.
It looked holistic—but still used linear logic.
Fix the gut → heal the brain → profit?
We leaned hard on storytelling, shame, and moral authority.
We called out parents, professionals, researchers…
…but we didn’t always offer tools.
Or systems.
Or strategy.
You can’t shame your way into systems change.
We called out parents, professionals, researchers…
…but we didn’t always offer tools.
Or systems.
Or strategy.
You can’t shame your way into systems change.
March 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We leaned hard on storytelling, shame, and moral authority.
We called out parents, professionals, researchers…
…but we didn’t always offer tools.
Or systems.
Or strategy.
You can’t shame your way into systems change.
We called out parents, professionals, researchers…
…but we didn’t always offer tools.
Or systems.
Or strategy.
You can’t shame your way into systems change.
The Neurodiversity movement won the culture war, but lost the infrastructure battle.
It fought the medical model (rightly) but never replaced it with something functional.
It told a story—but didn’t build the manual.
And yes, as an insider:
It fought the medical model (rightly) but never replaced it with something functional.
It told a story—but didn’t build the manual.
And yes, as an insider:
March 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The Neurodiversity movement won the culture war, but lost the infrastructure battle.
It fought the medical model (rightly) but never replaced it with something functional.
It told a story—but didn’t build the manual.
And yes, as an insider:
It fought the medical model (rightly) but never replaced it with something functional.
It told a story—but didn’t build the manual.
And yes, as an insider:
Neurodiversity:
“We’re not broken—we’re wired differently.”
MAGA:
“America used to be great—they broke it.”
MAHA (Make America Healthy Again):
“Our bodies are under attack—let’s go back to natural.”
All reactive. None offered a full model.
“We’re not broken—we’re wired differently.”
MAGA:
“America used to be great—they broke it.”
MAHA (Make America Healthy Again):
“Our bodies are under attack—let’s go back to natural.”
All reactive. None offered a full model.
March 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Neurodiversity:
“We’re not broken—we’re wired differently.”
MAGA:
“America used to be great—they broke it.”
MAHA (Make America Healthy Again):
“Our bodies are under attack—let’s go back to natural.”
All reactive. None offered a full model.
“We’re not broken—we’re wired differently.”
MAGA:
“America used to be great—they broke it.”
MAHA (Make America Healthy Again):
“Our bodies are under attack—let’s go back to natural.”
All reactive. None offered a full model.