Ryk Groetchen
@rykgroetchen.bsky.social
ND, Musician, teacher, lover of life, questioner of everything.
A Neurodiversity-Affirming Code of Ethics for Online Participation: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/09/16/a-neurodiversity-affirming-code-of-ethics-for-online-participation/
September 16, 2026 at 3:35 PM
A Neurodiversity-Affirming Code of Ethics for Online Participation: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/09/16/a-neurodiversity-affirming-code-of-ethics-for-online-participation/
From the Inside Out: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/09/14/from-the-inside-out/
September 15, 2026 at 3:11 PM
From the Inside Out: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/09/14/from-the-inside-out/
what i brought with me: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/09/13/what-i-brought-with-me/
September 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM
what i brought with me: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/09/13/what-i-brought-with-me/
what does autism even mean?: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/09/12/what-does-autism-even-mean/
September 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
what does autism even mean?: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/09/12/what-does-autism-even-mean/
September 8, 2026 at 12:43 PM
call to action: mutual support for Tammy Zo: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/09/01/call-to-action-mutual-support-for-tammy-zo/
September 2, 2026 at 11:17 AM
call to action: mutual support for Tammy Zo: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/09/01/call-to-action-mutual-support-for-tammy-zo/
isolation ↔️ resolution: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/08/31/isolation-%e2%86%94%ef%b8%8f-resolution/
August 31, 2026 at 10:43 AM
isolation ↔️ resolution: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/08/31/isolation-%e2%86%94%ef%b8%8f-resolution/
Toe-walking: red flag, or somatic wisdom?: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/08/29/toe-walking-red-flag-or-somatic-wisdom/
August 30, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Toe-walking: red flag, or somatic wisdom?: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/08/29/toe-walking-red-flag-or-somatic-wisdom/
care is more than a brain tumor: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/08/23/care-is-more-than-a-brain-tumor/
August 24, 2026 at 8:47 AM
care is more than a brain tumor: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/08/23/care-is-more-than-a-brain-tumor/
Normalize casual intimacy.: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/08/17/normalize-casual-intimacy/
August 18, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Normalize casual intimacy.: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/08/17/normalize-casual-intimacy/
August 13, 2026 at 7:21 AM
The Mammoth Hunter: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/08/04/the-mammoth-hunter/
August 4, 2026 at 8:17 PM
The Mammoth Hunter: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/08/04/the-mammoth-hunter/
my mother, the maker pt 2: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/08/02/my-mother-the-maker-pt-2/
In part one, I explored my mother’s life and work, relative to the social conditions she experienced as a low-income, self-directed woman navigating the public health and housing systems, and asked whe...
In part one, I explored my mother’s life and work, relative to the social conditions she experienced as a low-income, self-directed woman navigating the public health and housing systems, and asked whe...
August 2, 2026 at 7:40 AM
my mother, the maker pt 2: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/08/02/my-mother-the-maker-pt-2/
In part one, I explored my mother’s life and work, relative to the social conditions she experienced as a low-income, self-directed woman navigating the public health and housing systems, and asked whe...
In part one, I explored my mother’s life and work, relative to the social conditions she experienced as a low-income, self-directed woman navigating the public health and housing systems, and asked whe...
letter from nana: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/08/01/letter-from-nana/
i got this letter from my nana today. i thought id share it with you. it made me cry, she’s such a sweetheart. i miss her so much, but i thought you might get something out of hearing how she talks to me. take care, ra...
i got this letter from my nana today. i thought id share it with you. it made me cry, she’s such a sweetheart. i miss her so much, but i thought you might get something out of hearing how she talks to me. take care, ra...
August 2, 2026 at 1:56 AM
letter from nana: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/08/01/letter-from-nana/
i got this letter from my nana today. i thought id share it with you. it made me cry, she’s such a sweetheart. i miss her so much, but i thought you might get something out of hearing how she talks to me. take care, ra...
i got this letter from my nana today. i thought id share it with you. it made me cry, she’s such a sweetheart. i miss her so much, but i thought you might get something out of hearing how she talks to me. take care, ra...
my mother, the maker: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/28/my-mother-the-maker/
I’m not sure we should even be studying autism in the United States. My mother just turned 82 today. She has faced challenges in every measurable area of her life, that I won’t go into—that’s a different story. ...
I’m not sure we should even be studying autism in the United States. My mother just turned 82 today. She has faced challenges in every measurable area of her life, that I won’t go into—that’s a different story. ...
July 30, 2026 at 1:16 AM
my mother, the maker: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/28/my-mother-the-maker/
I’m not sure we should even be studying autism in the United States. My mother just turned 82 today. She has faced challenges in every measurable area of her life, that I won’t go into—that’s a different story. ...
I’m not sure we should even be studying autism in the United States. My mother just turned 82 today. She has faced challenges in every measurable area of her life, that I won’t go into—that’s a different story. ...
more spectra: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/23/837/
In my last reflection, I mentioned the intersection of race, gender expression, and neurodiversity in my family story—qualities that all have spectra embedded in them. I didn’t touch on culture and class, which are also observable as e...
In my last reflection, I mentioned the intersection of race, gender expression, and neurodiversity in my family story—qualities that all have spectra embedded in them. I didn’t touch on culture and class, which are also observable as e...
July 23, 2026 at 11:46 PM
more spectra: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/23/837/
In my last reflection, I mentioned the intersection of race, gender expression, and neurodiversity in my family story—qualities that all have spectra embedded in them. I didn’t touch on culture and class, which are also observable as e...
In my last reflection, I mentioned the intersection of race, gender expression, and neurodiversity in my family story—qualities that all have spectra embedded in them. I didn’t touch on culture and class, which are also observable as e...
tl:dr: recognition ≠ choice: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/22/tldr-recognition-%e2%89%a0-choice/
Framing gender, sexual, and relational preferences as choices does real harm. These choices are the result of a culture built around a specific origin story, that by now is clearly a failed ...
Framing gender, sexual, and relational preferences as choices does real harm. These choices are the result of a culture built around a specific origin story, that by now is clearly a failed ...
July 22, 2026 at 11:35 PM
tl:dr: recognition ≠ choice: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/22/tldr-recognition-%e2%89%a0-choice/
Framing gender, sexual, and relational preferences as choices does real harm. These choices are the result of a culture built around a specific origin story, that by now is clearly a failed ...
Framing gender, sexual, and relational preferences as choices does real harm. These choices are the result of a culture built around a specific origin story, that by now is clearly a failed ...
it’s yours: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/21/its-yours/
a child entrainsto the sound of her nana’s voice,and in the attunement,learns to sing and know belonginglong after nana is gone one day she is singingher song of belongingand she is told, “stop!you stole that song! it doesn’t belon...
a child entrainsto the sound of her nana’s voice,and in the attunement,learns to sing and know belonginglong after nana is gone one day she is singingher song of belongingand she is told, “stop!you stole that song! it doesn’t belon...
July 22, 2026 at 11:35 PM
it’s yours: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/21/its-yours/
a child entrainsto the sound of her nana’s voice,and in the attunement,learns to sing and know belonginglong after nana is gone one day she is singingher song of belongingand she is told, “stop!you stole that song! it doesn’t belon...
a child entrainsto the sound of her nana’s voice,and in the attunement,learns to sing and know belonginglong after nana is gone one day she is singingher song of belongingand she is told, “stop!you stole that song! it doesn’t belon...
bigender identity journal entry: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/21/bigender-identity-journal-entry/
i passed 3 tween girls doing a coordinated dance for tiktok on a walk recognition: that’s me. memory: when i was a kid, i wanted to play jump rope and hand-clapping games with the girls, i...
i passed 3 tween girls doing a coordinated dance for tiktok on a walk recognition: that’s me. memory: when i was a kid, i wanted to play jump rope and hand-clapping games with the girls, i...
July 21, 2026 at 11:24 PM
bigender identity journal entry: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/21/bigender-identity-journal-entry/
i passed 3 tween girls doing a coordinated dance for tiktok on a walk recognition: that’s me. memory: when i was a kid, i wanted to play jump rope and hand-clapping games with the girls, i...
i passed 3 tween girls doing a coordinated dance for tiktok on a walk recognition: that’s me. memory: when i was a kid, i wanted to play jump rope and hand-clapping games with the girls, i...
you have to ask yourself: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/19/you-have-to-ask-yourself/
Saying that autistic people who question the current paradigm of neurodivergence are seeking proof of a superpower does real harm. Diagnostic criteria are a snapshot. To refer to the snapshot as reality...
Saying that autistic people who question the current paradigm of neurodivergence are seeking proof of a superpower does real harm. Diagnostic criteria are a snapshot. To refer to the snapshot as reality...
July 19, 2026 at 10:42 PM
you have to ask yourself: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/19/you-have-to-ask-yourself/
Saying that autistic people who question the current paradigm of neurodivergence are seeking proof of a superpower does real harm. Diagnostic criteria are a snapshot. To refer to the snapshot as reality...
Saying that autistic people who question the current paradigm of neurodivergence are seeking proof of a superpower does real harm. Diagnostic criteria are a snapshot. To refer to the snapshot as reality...
unkind binaries: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/18/unkind-binaries/
this is one kind of harm caused by the abled/disabled binary when it is applied as a permanent designation to people: it erases from view the environment that enables or disables a person, and it makes invisible all of t...
this is one kind of harm caused by the abled/disabled binary when it is applied as a permanent designation to people: it erases from view the environment that enables or disables a person, and it makes invisible all of t...
July 19, 2026 at 10:42 PM
unkind binaries: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/18/unkind-binaries/
this is one kind of harm caused by the abled/disabled binary when it is applied as a permanent designation to people: it erases from view the environment that enables or disables a person, and it makes invisible all of t...
this is one kind of harm caused by the abled/disabled binary when it is applied as a permanent designation to people: it erases from view the environment that enables or disables a person, and it makes invisible all of t...
?: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/16/822/
my tendency is to laugh at my first impressions.something in my history casts a sinister spellthat even the simplest question disperses.delightful surprises arise when i gobeyond the first brush of my eyes.followup questions are the love language...
my tendency is to laugh at my first impressions.something in my history casts a sinister spellthat even the simplest question disperses.delightful surprises arise when i gobeyond the first brush of my eyes.followup questions are the love language...
July 17, 2026 at 10:12 PM
?: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/16/822/
my tendency is to laugh at my first impressions.something in my history casts a sinister spellthat even the simplest question disperses.delightful surprises arise when i gobeyond the first brush of my eyes.followup questions are the love language...
my tendency is to laugh at my first impressions.something in my history casts a sinister spellthat even the simplest question disperses.delightful surprises arise when i gobeyond the first brush of my eyes.followup questions are the love language...
complementary adaptation: toward a kinder view of neurodiversity and disability: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/12/complementary-adaptation-toward-a-kinder-view-of-neurodiversity-and-disability-2/
Two people in a boat. One can row, but cannot navigate. The other can navigate, but cannot ...
Two people in a boat. One can row, but cannot navigate. The other can navigate, but cannot ...
July 13, 2026 at 9:23 PM
complementary adaptation: toward a kinder view of neurodiversity and disability: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/12/complementary-adaptation-toward-a-kinder-view-of-neurodiversity-and-disability-2/
Two people in a boat. One can row, but cannot navigate. The other can navigate, but cannot ...
Two people in a boat. One can row, but cannot navigate. The other can navigate, but cannot ...
culture: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/05/culture/
be honest: is culture the abilityto sing the same songs togetherin joyful abandonwith your neighbors? is culturea shared recipe,or a coordinatedchildcare plan? is culture the fact that you’ve shoppedat the same Target,or are recovering ...
be honest: is culture the abilityto sing the same songs togetherin joyful abandonwith your neighbors? is culturea shared recipe,or a coordinatedchildcare plan? is culture the fact that you’ve shoppedat the same Target,or are recovering ...
July 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
culture: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/05/culture/
be honest: is culture the abilityto sing the same songs togetherin joyful abandonwith your neighbors? is culturea shared recipe,or a coordinatedchildcare plan? is culture the fact that you’ve shoppedat the same Target,or are recovering ...
be honest: is culture the abilityto sing the same songs togetherin joyful abandonwith your neighbors? is culturea shared recipe,or a coordinatedchildcare plan? is culture the fact that you’ve shoppedat the same Target,or are recovering ...
A Different Semiquincentennial: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/04/a-different-semiquincentennial/
250 Years of What? On June 29, 1776, five days before Philadelphia’s Declaration was signed, a different founding took place three thousand miles west, on the shore of a California lagoon. S...
250 Years of What? On June 29, 1776, five days before Philadelphia’s Declaration was signed, a different founding took place three thousand miles west, on the shore of a California lagoon. S...
July 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
A Different Semiquincentennial: https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/07/04/a-different-semiquincentennial/
250 Years of What? On June 29, 1776, five days before Philadelphia’s Declaration was signed, a different founding took place three thousand miles west, on the shore of a California lagoon. S...
250 Years of What? On June 29, 1776, five days before Philadelphia’s Declaration was signed, a different founding took place three thousand miles west, on the shore of a California lagoon. S...