Theme: Neurodivergence Plus
Beyond labels: Explore identity, biology, and culture.
SOCIAL CONNECTIONS SUMMIT 2026
September 23 & 24 | 10am - 2pm CT | Virtual
A two-day summit for late-identified neurodivergent professionals.
"Not a single disappointing session in the entire two days."
— Neurodivergent professional, 2025 Summit Attendee
Keynote Speaker
Vivian Ip is a neurodiversity-affirming coach and educator. She has spent years guiding late-identified ADHD and autistic professionals who already have the label and the language but still can't figure out why work, relationships and life still feel so hard.
Her keynote goes past "what is masking" and into how culture, privilege, and professional adaptation built the identity you're now trying to untangle.
After her keynote you'll be able to tell which struggles are your wiring and which were trained into you so that you can stop spending energy fighting the wrong things.
Stop blaming yourself. Find what actually fits.
Day 1 opener · 30-minute talk + 15-minute Q&A
Vivian Ip
Neurodiversity-affirming coach and educator
(She/her)
She explores "How was my identity constructed?" and "What can I do about that?"
This is where the pieces stop being interesting and start being useful.
You know your brain works differently. You've tried to build a life around that. Something still isn't working.
The Social Connections Summit is two days for late-identified neurodivergent professionals built around one idea: your experience is your wiring plus your identity, your biology, and the culture you grew up in.
Join us for live sessions, real conversation, and insights to take with you.
You'll leave with something you can actually use.
There's more to your story than one label can hold.
If you're tired of having the label but still not knowing what to do with it, or how it actually helps you, this is where that changes.
It's the chance to finally understand why none of your other attempts stuck.
And we won't leave you alone with what you just learned.
The Social Connections Summit lives to connect you with people who think the way you do, because insight without connection is still isolating.
A difference you can feel
They come to find out why that definition alone hasn't been enough.
You've heard it before.
You're not lazy, you have ADHD.
You're not too sensitive, you're autistic.
Your brain just works differently.
True. Useful for a while. But it doesn't consider how those same traits show up differently depending on who's living it.
People don't come to the Social Connections Summit for another definition of neurodivergence.
Here, your label gets layered with everything else that shaped you.
Your identity comes into focus.
Your biology gets named.
The culture you grew up in finally counts as part of the picture.
This Summit considers your neurodivergence plus your lived experience.
You're missing the connection between having a label and actually understanding how it impacts your life.
We go further, with frameworks to help you navigate specific friction points.
You tried fidget toys, dimming the lights, and deep breathing to calm your nervous system.
→ What if the real problem is knowing how to manage a sensory environment that's been wearing you down?
You tried a million times to "just be yourself," scripting your small talk, and rehearsing how to show up.
→ What if the real problem is managing a masking tax that compounds across race and culture?
You tried explaining your exhaustion as burnout, your fog as just getting older, and your symptoms as something hormonal you'd just have to live with.
→ What if the discovery was just the beginning of a much bigger story about hormones and fluctuating capacity?
We do more than simply affirm that you are not broken.
"Being in community with other neurodivergent professionals and feeling a sense of belonging was my favorite."
— Neurodivergent professional, 2025 Summit Attendee
Welcome kit, mailed to you — turns two days of screen time into something you can hold. Experience low-waste, sensory-aware tools that help you stay present and get more from every session.
✓ Two days of live sessions — keynote, lightning talks, a panel, and a hands-on workshop. Sept 23 & 24, 10am–2pm CT.
✓ Live Q&A with speakers — not a passive watch. You're in the room, and you can ask.
✓ Replay access — every session is yours to rewatch, on your own schedule.
✓ The professional directory — a curated bonus: affirming coaches, providers, and spaces, yours to keep.
✓ Authentic Connection — curated time to meet with those who know and live your struggle.
VIP only
What's Included
Late-identified AuDHDer & trans man · Founder & host
Why this exists
I'm Coach Lee, a late-identified AuDHDer and trans man. For a long time, I didn't know how much my identities were shaping my experience.
In transgender spaces I expected to belong but left feeling misunderstood. In Black spaces I kept breaking unspoken rules I didn't know existed. And autism? I never considered it, because nobody who looked like me was ever part of that conversation.
Perhaps you can relate.
Maybe your version looks different. Maybe it's energy that disappears for reasons no one can name, or pain and fatigue that keep getting waved off. Maybe it's the days the motivation and focus just aren't there and you call yourself lazy for it. Maybe you grew up somewhere that had no language for any of this, so you just learned to push through.
Whatever the mix, it's rarely just about being neurodivergent. It's about how your brain meets your body, your identity, and the world you move through.
That's why I built this summit. Because when you finally see how the pieces fit, the problem stops being you.
Coach Lee Hopkins
(He/him)
"I got so much out of these past two days, and cannot wait to come back next year."
— Neurodivergent professional, 2025 Summit Attendee
Save your seat for September.
Priority access
Join us for two days where you finally don't have to translate yourself and leave knowing the problem was never you.
$47
July 14 to September 7
General access
Through July 14
$97
Late access
September 7 to 22
$147
Price moves to $97 on July 15
For the person who wants personalized support. Only 10 spots available.
Includes full two day access plus:
→ A post-summit group strategy session with key speakers and service providers.
→ 30 days of replay access, so you can revisit sessions when your energy actually allows, not race a countdown.
→ A curated package of neuroaffirming goodies arriving at your door before September 23.
→ Early access to the virtual goodie bag with first dibs on free and discounted services.
→ Your name acknowledged at the summit.
→ A special giveaway exclusively for All In ticket holders.
Limited to 10
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