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SUMMARY:ND Pride Science Conference
DESCRIPTION:Science Conference – Neurodiversity Pride Week 2026\nThursday 11 June 2026 | Online in Hyhyve | CEST / Amsterdam time \nReserve your free ticket: h1.nu/scienceconference\nMore information: neurodiversityprideday.com/science \nThe Science Conference opens Neurodiversity Pride Week 2026 with a full day of research\, lived experience\, creativity\, policy\, education\, workplace insight\, and neurodivergent-led knowledge. Across the day\, more than 20 speakers from around the world will share their newest research and ideas on neurodiversity: not as a problem to be solved\, but as a source of knowledge\, identity\, culture\, creativity\, and social change. \nThis online conference takes place in Hyhyve\, an interactive digital conference centre. This means you can watch the presentations\, but also walk around\, meet other participants\, have conversations\, and experience the day more like a real conference environment than a regular livestream. \nEach speaker will present for approximately 20 minutes\, followed by 10 minutes of Q&A. There will be a lunch break from 13:00 to 14:00 and a dinner break from 18:30 to 19:30\, with no presentations scheduled during those times. \nTickets are free\, with free access for the first 200 participants. \nProgramme\n09:00 – Walk-in\nParticipants can enter the Hyhyve conference space\, explore the online environment\, and get ready for the day. \n09:30 – Opening by the Science Conference team\nThe team welcomes participants\, introduces the purpose of the Science Conference\, and explains how the day will work. \n10:00 – Hans Bruintjes\nHans Bruintjes explores discrimination against neurodivergent people in education\, the labour market\, government action\, and legal protection\, connecting personal stories with policy\, law\, and practical change. \n10:30 – Sharon Zivkovic\nSharon Zivkovic presents her work on supporting autistic social entrepreneurs\, focusing on how disability\, business\, and social enterprise support services can become more strengths-based and neurodiversity-affirming. \n11:00 – Aaron Saint-James\nAaron Saint-James examines Universal Design for Learning in Australian higher education\, asking how universities can move from accessibility in policy language to accessibility in real everyday practice. \n11:30 – Jeya Malhotra\nJeya Malhotra shares a cross-cultural study of pedagogical approaches for neurodivergent children\, exploring how inclusive education can be measured\, compared\, and improved across different contexts. \n12:00 – Elena Lamprecht\nElena Lamprecht investigates hallucinations in neurodiverse populations through sensory\, trauma-informed\, genetic\, and cultural perspectives\, with the aim of improving understanding and support. \n12:30 – Friederike Charlotte Hechler\nWhy can eating become such a complex part of everyday life for autistic people? Friederike Charlotte Hechler presents preliminary findings from a mixed-methods study exploring the challenges\, consequences\, and coping strategies associated with atypical eating\, drawing on autistic people’s own experiences and perspectives.\n\n13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch break\nThere are no presentations during this hour. Participants can rest\, eat\, explore Hyhyve\, or connect with others. \n14:00 – Jiyuan Li\nJiyuan Li opens the afternoon programme with a contribution to the wider conference conversation on neurodiversity\, research\, lived experience\, and social change. \n14:15 – Nedward WD Rehanek\nNedward WD Rehanek discusses neurodiversity\, madness\, disability\, art\, and games\, showing how game design can become a powerful medium for self-expression and representation. \n14:30 – Anna Pyzskowska\nAnna Pyzskowska contributes to the conference programme as part of the international group of emerging neurodiversity researchers and thinkers. \n15:00 – Jasmine Shah & Valentina Landin\nJasmine Shah and Valentina Landin present their work on creative communication tools for neuroinclusive workplaces\, exploring how colour\, symbols\, metaphors\, and co-design can support cross-neurotype dialogue. \n15:30 – Evelyn Lynch\nEvelyn Lynch explores identity\, early misidentification\, masking\, and unmasking\, asking what it means to discover yourself when the labels given in childhood never matched your lived experience. \n16:00 – Žaneta Stanovská\nŽaneta Stanovská examines neurodivergent artistry\, embodied cognition\, and creative collaboration\, showing how neurodivergent creative processes can challenge deficit narratives and expand our understanding of sociality. \n16:30 – Carly Coursey\nCarly Coursey presents an oral history study of neurodivergent employment\, comparing lived experiences of work with the dominant narratives found in academic research. \n17:00 – Thomas Schoegje\nThomas Schoegje explores cognitive fingerprints\, workplace fit\, and conversational agents\, asking how people can better understand how their minds work and how technology may support neurodiverse working lives. \n17:30 – Itzel Yagual\nItzel Yagual shares research on neurodivergent women’s work and non-work relationships\, communication landscapes\, role overload\, and the conditions needed for sustainable belonging. \n18:00 – Lena-Marie Sailer\nLena-Marie Sailer examines how organisations engage with neurodiversity in practice\, looking beyond hiring toward employee networks\, internal communities\, and everyday workplace inclusion. \n18:30 – 19:30 – Dinner break\nThere are no presentations during this hour. Participants can take a proper break before the evening programme begins. \n19:30 – Rebecca Trychel\nRebecca Trychel explores neurodiversity within early educational systems\, drawing on education and family policy research to ask how support is delivered and how systems can become more responsive. \n20:00 – V Liwai Garcia\nV Liwai Garcia presents research on disclosure\, power\, retaliation\, and resilience for Autistic and AuDHD leaders\, asking what it costs to lead while disabled and how workplaces can become safer. \n20:30 – Closing\nThe Science Conference closes with a short reflection on the day\, the questions raised\, and the wider meaning of science within Neurodiversity Pride Week. \nAbout the Science Conference\nThe Science Conference is part of Neurodiversity Pride Week 2026. It brings together researchers\, lived-experience experts\, educators\, advocates\, artists\, designers\, and systems thinkers from around the world. The programme moves across many fields: legal protection\, autistic entrepreneurship\, inclusive education\, hallucinations and sensory experience\, neurodivergent artistry\, game design\, workplace communication\, employment\, unmasking\, disclosure\, leadership\, cognitive fingerprints\, relationships\, and the future of neuroinclusive workplaces. \nTogether\, these presentations show how wide\, urgent\, and alive the field of neurodiversity research has become. They also show why research matters most when it is connected to dignity\, community\, lived experience\, and real-world change. \nJoin us online on 11 June 2026 for a full day of learning\, connection\, and neurodivergent-led insight. \n  \nContact: researchneurodiversity@gmail.com
URL:https://neurodiversityprideday.com/ar/my-event/nd-pride-science/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Australia,Canada,China,Ecuador,Germany,India,Luxembourg,Mexico,Netherlands,Online,Poland,South Africa,Spain,Talks, presentations & keynotes,United Kingdom,United States
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SUMMARY:Humour\, Neurodivergence and the Brain: Why Funny Minds Work Differently
DESCRIPTION:Why do so many neurodivergent people gravitate toward humour — and why are so many comedians\, improvisers\, writers and quick thinkers neurodivergent themselves? \nEmerging research suggests that humour may be deeply connected to many neurodivergent traits\, including pattern recognition\, divergent thinking\, emotional processing\, sensory sensitivity\, masking\, social navigation and nervous system regulation. \nThis interactive session explores the two-way relationship between humour and neurodivergence: how neurodivergent brains may process humour differently — and how humour itself can become a powerful tool for regulation\, connection\, resilience and survival. \nResearch areas we’ll explore: \n\nDivergent thinking\, creativity and unexpected associations\nPattern recognition\, rapid cognition and comedic timing\nDopamine\, novelty-seeking and ADHD humour styles\nMasking\, social adaptation and humour as communication\nNervous system regulation\, stress relief and laughter physiology\nHumour\, rejection sensitivity and emotional processing\nWhy humour can both support and hide burnout\nThe overlap between trauma responses\, hypervigilance and observational comedy\n\nWe’ll also explore: \n\nWhy many neurodivergent people use humour instinctively in difficult situations\nWhy quick wit can sometimes develop from social adaptation\nThe difference between connecting humour and defensive humour\nWhy some ND people feel “too much” and joke their way through it\nWhat current research supports — and where evidence is still emerging\n\nExpect a science-informed but highly interactive session blending neuroscience\, psychology\, lived experience and humour itself. Through discussion\, reflection and real-world examples\, we’ll explore why funny brains often work differently — and how humour can become both a coping strategy and a form of connection\, creativity and regulation. \nPresented by: \n \nJennifer Lara Clarke of Switzerland\, in collaboration with Neurodiversity Belgium (NDB) \nJennifer is a communications strategist\, coach\, facilitator and comedy storyteller who is deeply fascinated by why some of the funniest people also happen to have very busy nervous systems. \nWith a background spanning global communications\, leadership coaching and behaviour change\, Jennifer combines science\, humour and lived experience to create interactive sessions on neurodivergence\, resilience\, creativity and human connection. Her work explores how humour can function as a coping strategy\, communication tool\, nervous system regulator and survival skill — particularly for neurodivergent people navigating an overwhelming world. \nShe believes some brains don’t just think differently. They also joke differently. \nFormat:\nOnline event \nHosted by:\nSwiss Pride Team and Neurodiversity Belgium \nThis webinar will be delivered in English\, with French subtitles available. \nJennifer Lara Clarke: https://www.jennaclarke.com/\nContact: events@neurodiversity.be
URL:https://neurodiversityprideday.com/ar/my-event/humour-neurodivergence-and-the-brain-why-funny-minds-work-differently/
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SUMMARY:ND in the body - The current research on neurodivergence & physical health
DESCRIPTION:What if neurodivergence is as much about the body as it is about the brain? \nFor decades\, neurodivergence has largely been discussed through the lens of behaviour\, cognition and mental health. But emerging research is increasingly exploring whether many neurodivergent experiences may also involve differences in whole-body regulation – including the nervous system\, immune system\, hormones and connective tissue. \nThis session will explore what current research says\, where the evidence is strongest\, and which areas remain emerging and debated. \nResearch areas we’ll explore: \n– Nervous system regulation – autonomic function\, sensory processing\, stress physiology and POTS\n– Immune system signalling – inflammation\, histamine\, mast cells and neuroimmune communication\n– Hormones and neuroendocrinology – PMS\, PMDD\, peri/menopause and hormonal sensitivity in ND people\n– Connective tissue and hypermobility – EDS\, chronic pain\, proprioception and emerging overlap research \nWe’ll also explore: \n– Why burnout may be physical as well as psychological\n– Why symptoms often cluster across different body systems\n– Why many ND people spend years moving between medical specialties\n– What researchers still don’t fully understand \nExpect a science-focused but accessible session bridging neuroscience\, immunology\, endocrinology and systems biology\, with practical explanations and real-world context throughout. You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of the emerging brain-body science of neurodivergence\, how different areas of research are beginning to connect and why many researchers are increasingly approaching ND through a more integrated lens. \n  \nPresented by Scotti McLaren\, Investigative Health – in collaboration with Neurodiversity Belgium \nScotti is a Geneva-based functional medicine practitioner. She specialises in brain and hormonal health\, with a focus on neurodivergence and menopause. \nHer academic background includes an MSc in Psychology & Neuroscience of Mental Health (King’s College London)\, a BSc in Nutritional Science (Middlesex University) and a diploma in Personalised Nutrition Practice (CNELM). \nKnown for her investigative approach\, Scotti uses functional medicine to connect systemic and cellular insights with everyday experience.
URL:https://neurodiversityprideday.com/ar/my-event/nd-in-the-body-the-current-research-on-neurodivergence-physical-health/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online,Switzerland,Talks, presentations & keynotes
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