Theme: Neurodivergence Plus
A 2-day summit that goes beyond what you already know about how your brain works.
SOCIAL CONNECTIONS SUMMIT 2026
September 23 & 24 | 10am - 2pm CT | Virtual
Identity
Biology
Culture
Stop blaming yourself. Find what actually fits.
"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 twenty 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?"
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This is where the pieces stop being interesting and start being useful.
Explore the deeper, less-talked-about layers
Go beyond the labels into what actually explains your experience
Discover how your brain interacts with your culture, your body, and your identity
Understand why your neurodivergence looks different from everyone else's
Connect with other late-identified professionals who get it
Receive expert insight and leave with resources you'll still be using a year from now.
Founded & Hosted by Coach Lee Hopkins
Top 10% Podcast Host.
Late-identified AuDHDer & Transman.
For over 5 years Coach Lee has helped neurodivergent professionals stop masking, start trusting themselves to create authentic, guilt-free relationships.
Find out what no one told you about how your identity, biology, and culture interact with your brain — at work, in relationships, and in life.
What to expect
Two days of focused sessions, built to go deep without overwhelming you:
A keynote to open things up. Thirty minutes of big ideas, plus fifteen for your questions.
Four lightning talks. Eight minutes each, one sharp idea at a time, no filler.
A live panel taking on the real debate: is neurodivergence a superpower? Four voices, genuine disagreement, no tidy answers.
An interactive workshop. A hands-on session where you practice something, not just hear about it.
Plus giveaways that introduce you to the tools and services nobody told you about, and the rare thing: curated connection time with people who actually think the way you do.
The missing piece is more than a diagnosis. It is everything around it.
Biology
Understand why your brain and body feel different across life stages, from hormonal shifts to sensory changes.
Culture
See how the country and culture you grew up in shaped what your neurodivergence looks like — and what support you were (or weren't) given.
Identity
Explore how your neurodivergent experience interacts with race, gender, sexuality, and other identities as part of the bigger picture.
The missing piece is more than a diagnosis. It is everything around it.
Finally, The Full Picture of Who You Are
This isn't a beginner's introduction to neurodivergence.
It's what comes after — the deeper, less-talked-about layers.
At this summit we'll talk about how your brain intersects with your culture, your body, your identity, and every life stage you've moved through.
If you've ever thought "I understand myself, but something still isn't working" — this is where you find out why.
You know that ADHD is more than "Squirrel Brain" or, "Shiny Object Syndrome"
Discover how your ADHD can look different because of your culture.
You know that autism is more than being a savant or severely impaired. It's a spectrum.
Discover how your autism can present differently because of your gender.
You know that having Anxiety or OCD is not quirky and relatable. It can be debilitating.
Discover how your anxiety or OCD can be invisible — or misread entirely — because of your race, your gender, or how the world expects you to hold it together.
At this the Social Connections Summit 2026 we'll explore the deeper reality that rarely gets talked about.
Because being neurodivergent doesn't fully explain your experience.
Your experience is neurodivergence plus your identity, biology, culture and experience.
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