THX Series Hub: Disability, Autism & THX
Reframing neurodivergence and disability not as deficits—but as signals of system failure and design opportunity.
Welcome to this ongoing series exploring what it means to live, learn, and lead in a world that wasn't designed for everyone—and how we can transform it.
This series applies the THX frameworks—12 Utilities, PERMAH, the Admiration Equation, Prospect Theory, and Micro-Moments—to better understand disability and neurodivergence. Rather than pathologizing people, we evaluate systems and ask how we can design for true human flourishing.
✅ Published / In Progress
🔹 Series Intro: What If the World Wasn’t Built for You?
An invitation to redesign—not just for access, but for dignity. This series reframes disability and neurodivergence through the 12 Utilities and emotional truth.
🔹 What If the World Wasn’t Built for You? (Article)
A lived and systemic look at how design shapes emotional survival for disabled and neurodivergent people. This is where THX begins.
🔹 Flourishing Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All
Reimagines PERMAH for lives lived at the edge of capacity—where survival is an achievement and healing is nonlinear.
🔹 From Pity to Admiration: Reframing How We See Disability
Reframes admiration as recognition—not performance—through the lens of the Admiration Equation and lived experience.
🔹 What Happens When You Are No Longer Worth the Minimum?
A haunting look at what it means—emotionally and economically—when systems signal that your labor, body, or life is no longer worth the minimum threshold of respect or survival.
🔹 What If Neurodivergents Ruled the Country?
A speculative but grounded reimagining of national leadership through divergent logic—offering systems design shifts rooted in clarity, flexibility, and emotional intelligence.
🔹 What If the World Wasn’t Built for You?
Applies the 12 Utilities to daily challenges faced by autistic and disabled individuals—from access and clarity to value and closure. (Planned)
🔹 Flourishing Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All
Reimagines each element of PERMAH for neurodivergent experience: what counts as achievement, how meaning is found, and how health requires safety. (Planned)
🔹 From Pity to Admiration
Uses the Admiration Equation to shift cultural perception—from deficit-based pity to awe, gratitude, skill, and goodness. (Planned)
🔜 Coming Soon
Prospect Theory and the Emotional Cost of Navigating a Neurotypical World
Why loss-aversion matters in daily decisions for people with disabilities—and how emotional bandwidth is constantly taxed.Designing Public Spaces and Schools for PERMAH
How to use positive psychology and Utilities to reimagine environments for actual flourishing.IEPs Through the 12 Utilities
A reframing of the Individualized Education Plan process through the lenses of Access, Accuracy, Closure, and more.Micro-Moments of Harm—and Healing
The smallest interactions can build trust or erode it. This post will show how.RKYC: What It Means to Really Know a Neurodivergent Child or Patient
Why recognizing patterns of need—not just behavior—is the beginning of better design.
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Want to understand the frameworks behind this series? Start with the Welcome & Navigation Guide.
Curious how this compares with other systems and topics? Browse all Series Hubs or explore related essays in the THX Reflections series.
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Let’s build a world that doesn’t just accommodate difference—but flourishes because of it.
