Frequently Asked Questions

ND Connect is an intersectional mentorship and peer connections community by-and-for neurodivergent adults. On ND Connect, you can find mentors, friends, and an authentic, supportive community that gets you and wants to help you thrive.

Members have access to our platform designed to help you find meaningful professional and personal connections, ask questions, and share experiences. By joining, you also gain access to our member directory, community space, resources, weekly hangouts, events, open roles and more.

Our members are people who want to network authentically and form genuine, non-transactional, and non-performative connections with peers.

While our platform is mainly designed for current and aspiring neurodivergent professionals, ND Connect is open to all adults who self-identify as neurodivergent or feel like they relate to neurodivergent experiences. This includes people with dyslexia, autism, ADHD, mental health disabilities (e.g., Cluster B personality disorders, PTSD, anxiety, schizophrenia, OCD, psychosis, DID/plurality etc.), fetal alcohol syndrome, Tourettes, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, intellectual disabilities, and acquired neurodivergence (e.g., acquired brain injuries, aphasia, etc.).

Our community is filled with people from various backgrounds including: tech, entrepreneurship, art, design, science, care work, film, writing, legal, healthcare, academia, you name it.

Ultimately, people in our community want to meet cool people, do cool things, and help others along the way. Members are committed to being generous with their support while respecting their capacities 🙂

The doors to ND Connect are currently closed until September 2024 while we perfect some exciting features with our existing community.

If you want to be the first to know when new members can join, sign-up to our waitlist. When doors open again, we’ll send you a link to fill out your application. We review new applications weekly and follow up if more info is needed.

A real human from our team reviews and approves every profile to help keep the space free from bots, spam, and fake or incomplete profiles.

This process helps make sure people are here for the right reasons and that each profile is thoughtful, personalized, and informative to help you feel confident showing up authentically and forming genuine connections here.

ND Connect is membership-based and there are no free trials. This is to help make sure that all of our members approach engaging and connecting with people in this space with the same level of intention and respect.

At the same time, being community-funded is like an accountability policy which means we’ll always have your best interests at heart. We’re committed to protecting your privacy, staying ad-free, and we will never sell your data.

Your support helps us stay true to our values of building a safe and supportive space for neurodivergent people that’s driven by real connection and community building.

All memberships are billed quarterly because it takes time to find your people and build meaningful relationships. Our platform is built to cultivate long-term, genuine connections.

We also have a limited number of fully-funded yearly scholarships available to provide access to our community for people who aren’t in a position to pay for the membership. We process these on a rolling basis.

Our community is open to people around the globe.

Currently, most connections happen digitally but we plan to enable more place-based connections as we grow.

To be accessible, we’re designing ND Connect to respect differing capacities, fluctuating energy levels, and busy schedules. You can choose to mentor asynchronously or synchronously, and set whatever availability you feel up for/comfortable with. There’s also no shame around rescheduling a session if you’re having a low spoons day.