​Early-bird registration for ND27 closes on Friday, October 16 (or sooner if we sell out).

Hey there,

A month before our first event in 2025, a reader wrote to ask whether they should come. Here's what they said:

That note made me realize I'd been explaining this thing badly. I'd had my head in the details for months—venues, schedules, production—and I'd never said the big-picture part out loud.

Because the real question in that letter isn't "Is this conference any good?" It's "Am I allowed in the room?"

And if you've spent your life being told you're too much, or not enough, or both—often by the same person—you learn to ask permission before you take a seat anywhere.

Why we started NeuroDiversion

The standard advice doesn't fit our brains. Most of it quietly assumes a brain you don't have. Decades of being handed systems built for someone else, and then being told you're the one who failed at them.

So we built our own conversations instead. Three days in Austin where nobody has to translate themselves first.

I had no idea whether it would work. Almost everyone involved that first year was volunteering their time, including me. We were making something that didn't exist yet.

Then people came, and afterward they said things like this:

That last line is the one I keep coming back to. I wasn't alone, I just had to find them.

Three years in, that's still the whole job. Build the room, then get out of the way.

What You'll Walk Into

Three days built by people with our wiring, for people with ours. It shows up in the details.

The sessions fit your brain. Dozens of breakouts on executive function, energy, time, money, relationships, and parenting—taught by therapists, coaches, authors, and people living it. Not standard advice with “for ADHD” taped on the front.

The main stage features people you already trust. Dr. Tracey Marks, Jia Jiang, Steve Kamb, and Amy Morin, with more to announce. Cas Aarssen from Clutterbug and Jessica McCabe are back for year three, and Ky Westcott is returning too.

You’ll find your people in the small rooms. Meetups and sessions on nearly every topic and interest, and if none of them fits, you host your own. That’s where most of the friendships start.

Nobody asks you to perform. Quiet corners for when you’ve had enough. Stim, pace, wear sunglasses indoors, duck out mid-session and come back when you’re ready. None of it needs explaining.

And it’s fun. Expect the good kind of surprises. An expo floor full of ND-owned businesses. A pre-party Wednesday for early arrivals and a proper party Saturday night. We have a Director of Fun, and he takes the title seriously.

That’s what an ND27 ticket gets you: three days in a space already adjusted to you. The door closes Friday, October 16.

Friday, October 16 is the last day to get the Early Bird discount. Then we close ticket sales entirely and reopen in early January at a higher price. There's no way to buy in between.

If you've been wondering whether you're invited—whether you're ND enough, old enough, young enough, diagnosed enough, social enough to walk through the door—let me answer it better than I did the first time.

Yes. You're invited. I'd come to your house and tell you in person if I could.

But since that's more difficult, I hope you'll accept this invitation from afar. 🙂

Yours in the revolution,

Chris Guillebeau
Founder and Janitor

P.S. Two quick things. Hotel codes are out—four partner hotels, around 20% off, first-come, and they go to everyone who's registered. And if you'd like to show off your business, expo booths are on sale for three more weeks. Last year's sold out.

P.P.S. In case you're wondering how we keep the entire event priced low: we don't profit from ticket sales. Tickets are subsidized, we keep our dates clear of SXSW so Austin stays affordable, and a lot of the people who build this are volunteers. We're doing this because we believe in it!