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Spoon Theory

Welcome to the Explainer Section of our website! Here, you’ll find a collection of short and engaging explanations designed to help people with disabilities reduce the emotional labor of self-advocacy.

A Comic by NeuroWild - Teach me about spoon theory

{width=“400” fig-align=“left”fig-alt=“Every day I have things I need to do. Some things are FUN, like seeing my friends. And some things are boring or annoying, like cleaning my room. Each of these things costs spoons.}

Spoons are kind of like mental energy

Everyone has a *limited* number of *spoons* to spend each day. Different things cost *different amounts* of *spoons.* It's a good idea to be *careful* with your spoons... because once your spoons are used up, that's it for the day!

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