The Neurodiverse Entrepreneur Summit® was created to help you build your online business in a way that works for YOU, "best practices" and "rules" be damned.​

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Being neurodiverse or neurodivergent means that your brain doesn’t work the way the rest of the world’s does (or at least the way they expect it to).

That could be because you have ADHD, or autism, or OCD, or dyslexia, or countless other neural differences (we don’t like the term “disorder”).

We also include conditions like anxiety disorder and chronic depression, because those have a big impact on how your brain works too!

Abso-friggin-lutely.

I (Claire, the founder) am very pro-self-diagnosis.

There are a lot of barriers to getting a diagnosis in a lot of countries, including years-long waiting lists and prohibitive costs.

Plus, a person could have safety reasons for not pursuing diagnosis, like wanting to avoid discrimination from school admin or at work or even from family (just look at Britney Spears).

Not to mention that for a lot of neurodivergent conditions, the research (and therefore toooooo many doctors) just don’t fully know about or understand them, and therefore don’t accurately diagnose (i.e. “you can’t be autistic, you’ve been making eye contact with me” 🙄 That’s not how it works, doc.) It took me over a year to get an official ADHD diagnosis because of this very reason.

If you’ve done your research and have come to the informed and considered realization that you probably have a neurodivergent condition even though you don’t have a diagnosis, you can absolutely identify as neurodivergent in my book 🤗

You don’t need a doctor’s permission slip for community.

Also abso-friggin-lutely. We like to be as inclusive as we can here!

I’m not a fan of gatekeeping community based on a doctor’s permission slip.

The number of people who’ve gone undiagnosed their whole lives (especially those who weren’t raised as cisgender white boys) is astronomical. There are soooooo many of us (especially in the millennial generation) who got overlooked as kids, and now that neurodivergent TikTok is happening and more and more people are talking about their lived experiences online, more and more people are resonating with that content and then realizing that maybe that’s them too.

And maybe it’s you.

And also maybe it’s not.

And either way is totally fine.

You’re still absolutely welcome in this space, and if the stuff you’ve seen on socials has resonated for you, this stuff might too, and I think that’s pretty great

It sure is! There are a lot of offerings out there for general online business owners, but this one has been created specifically for us neurodiverse people and how to build our businesses in a way that works for us.

Non-neurodiverse (neurotypical) online entrepreneurs could easily benefit from this summit as well — accessibility usually means more accessible for everyone, not just the people being accommodated, and in this case we’re making our businesses more accessible for ourselves!

There are disagreements in the community about the differences between “neurodiverse” and “neurodivergent”, and on a broader scope, the meaning of celebrating “neurodiversity” versus “neurodivergence”.

For the record, I (Claire, the founder and host) walk the line between the two philosophies.

Neurodiversity is about how our conditions are simply differences in our brains, and to that I say yes absolutely.

AND ALSO we have to also contend with the fact that we live in a society that expects us to be neurotypical, and for many of us, our conditions (while celebratory) are also real disabilities.

We can’t entirely ignore the fact that there is the binary of neurodivergent and neurotypical (which I think some people who support the neurodiversity movement would like to do). But on the other hand, I don’t think we should insist on it, at the risk of gatekeeping support and community to those who may have not realized that they’re neurodivergent.

So for me, I think it’s more nuanced than one or the other. I think it’s a little of both. Which is why you’ll see both terms used interchangeably throughout this event.

That’s a great question: yes, I think you’ll still get a ton of value from the event 🤗 Some of the presentations might not entirely apply or work for your business, and some of the details or examples that the speakers use in their presentations might be more focused on online businesses, but there’s soooooo much goodness that applies to business in general that you’ll still get a lot out of it.

This year’s summit is happening July 22nd – July 25th, 2024!

The best way to make sure you’re in the loop on when tickets go live is to get on the First Dibs/Behind-The-Scenes List!

Unfortunately, we’ve already finalized our lineup for speakers this year.

But if you’d like to apply to be a speaker for next year, make sure you’re on the First Dibs/Behind The Scenes list! That’s the first place we announce applications for being a speaker!

Thank you so much for wanting to support the summit! Reach out to hello@clairepaniccia.com and we’ll talk about how we can build a sponsorship package that supports your goals 🤗

I’ve done everything I could think of to make the event as accessible as possible, but if there’s something that you need that would make the event more accessible to you, please don’t hesitate to reach out via email at hello@clairepaniccia.com

Here’s what we’re doing to make the summit more accessible for you:

➖ All presentations have edited/cleaned-up closed captioning (one of the benefits of doing pre-recorded presentations) as well as fully edited/cleaned-up transcripts.

➖ .txt versions of the transcripts are available for those who need them for braille machines, just reach out to us via email at claire@clairepaniccia.com

➖ Fully-formatted article versions of the presentations as well as a private podcast of the presentations are also available with the Busy Brains Pass (the all-access pass upgrade option) that you’ll see after registering for the summit.

➖ Timers showing when the presentation you’re watching expires are visible right there on the page, because I know as an ADHD person, time-blindness is real, and it’s helpful to have visual reminders.

➖ For the special one-time offer to upgrade your ticket with the Busy Brains Pass that you’ll see after you register for the summit, we’ve made the timer on that offer 12 hours, instead of the industry standard of 15-30 mins.

Please reach out if there’s anything we can do to ensure you’re able to enjoy this event. We want to make sure this whole thing is accessible to everyone, so we’re super open to ideas!

No problem! Shoot an email over to hello@clairepaniccia.com and I’ll get back to you within 3-4 business days.