
What we’re about
Plagiarizing your group's original (former) founder:
"Hello Portland (and other places) Neurodivergent Folks! Sometimes the effort to mask for our neurotypical friends can be draining or frustrating. Sometimes we want to talk about this one awesome thing we love! Sometimes we want to be around people who get us."
This group is a place for neurodivergent folks in Portland, Oregon to find other neurodivergent folks with whom to hang out and have fun. This is an LGBTQIA2S+ -safe space. Self-diagnosis is valid: "If you think you belong here, you do."
Your humble co-organizer Meredith (she/her) is a neurotistic (her word) divergent learning-challenged female who has the privilege of being white, cis-, and hetero-, who shies away from leading but who loves to organize and has a bit of a calendar/scheduling kink. "Be Kind: We're All Idiots." Always try to leave things better than you found them.
Your AuDHD co-organizer Sara (they/she) is a bit of an introvert, but when they do come out of their craft/cat-riddled hobbit hole to socialize, Rainbow Brains are hands-down their favorite people to spend time with. They are grateful to share this group with you and appreciate all of you for showing up in whatever ways make you shine your rainbow-iest.
We hope you'll reach out to us in a direct message on Meetup and tell us what you'd like to see. Let us know if you have an idea you want to host! We welcome chances to make events accommodating and want you to let us know your needs.
Cheers, Meredith and Sara
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- "Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight" at Regal Fox TowerRegal Fox Tower 10, Portland, OR
See the movie from the delicious book by Alexandra Fuller.
From Wikipedia: "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, a memoir of life with Alexandra Fuller and her family on a farm in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe.)[1] After the Rhodesian Bush War ended in 1980, the Fullers moved to Malawi, and then to Zambia. Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight won the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize in 2002, was a New York Times Notable Book for 2002 and a finalist for The Guardian's First Book Award, an award given to the best regional novel of the year."
There is a discussion about this movie in the Slack workspace.
Interview with Embeth Davidtz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebn6oxlgcW8Official trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoDuyG6jLyAScott Simon interview with Embeth Davidtz:
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/12/nx-s1-5406155/embeth-davidtz-discusses-her-directorial-debut-dont-lets-go-to-the-dogs-tonightWe're seeing it at Regal Fox Tower Stadium 10 not this Tuesday but next, 2025-07-22 at 6:40p PT.
Julie B and Meredith have seats G9 and G10. Join us!
We'll connect in Slack about ride sharing and finding each other. If you need an invite, reach out to a co-organizer.
Cheers~~