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What we’re about

MNeurodivergent is a Minnesota-based nonprofit creating welcoming, affirming, and low-pressure spaces where neurodivergent adults can connect, socialize, and build community. Our events are built on mutual respect, inclusion, and the understanding that everyone deserves to be themselves—without the pressure to mask, explain, or conform.

We use neurodivergent as a broad umbrella term for people whose minds and nervous systems function in ways that differ from what society considers “typical.” This includes a wide range of cognitive, sensory, emotional, and behavioral differences.

You are welcome whether you’re formally diagnosed, self-identified, or exploring what neurodivergence means to you.

People in our community may identify with one or more of the following:

  • Autism / Autistic
  • ADHD / ADD
  • Dyslexia
  • Dyscalculia
  • Dysgraphia
  • Dyspraxia / Developmental Coordination Disorder
  • Tourette Syndrome and tic disorders
  • OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive experiences)
  • Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
  • Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)
  • Executive functioning differences
  • Nonverbal or minimally speaking
  • Hyperlexia
  • PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance / Pervasive Drive for Autonomy)
  • Intellectual or developmental disabilities
  • Learning disabilities and cognitive processing differences
  • PTSD and complex trauma
  • Anxiety, panic, or phobias
  • Depression and mood differences
  • Bipolar
  • Schizophrenia-spectrum experiences
  • Psychosis, altered perceptions, hallucinations, delusions
  • Dissociation or dissociative identities
  • Personality differences (including BPD, NPD, AVPD, etc.)
  • Selective mutism
  • Aphantasia, hyperphantasia, or unique visual thinking
  • Time blindness
  • Rejection sensitivity
  • Emotional dysregulation
  • Alexithymia
  • Synesthesia
  • Stuttering or speech differences
  • Hyperempathy or low affect expression
  • OCD-related intrusive thoughts, compulsions, or rituals
  • Neuroimmune, neurogenetic, or rare neurological conditions
  • Epilepsy, migraines, brain injury, or other neurological changes
  • Sensory-seeking or sensory-avoidant traits
  • Being perceived as "weird," "too much," "too sensitive," or "too intense"
  • Or anyone who simply feels their brain works differently from dominant norms

We affirm all forms of neurodivergence—regardless of diagnosis, visibility, or cause.

We also embrace intersectional identities and the ways neurodivergence interacts with race, gender, sexuality, disability, and culture.

Our events are designed by neurodivergent people for neurodivergent people. Some are quiet and sensory-friendly, others are interest-based or lightly social—but all are consent-based, accessible, and focused on belonging without pressure.

Whether you thrive in groups or need lots of space, whether you talk a lot or barely speak, whether you stim openly or keep it internal—you are welcome here. You don’t need to change who you are to find community. You just need to be you.