Layla Saad is Black neurodivergent writer, thinker and podcaster. She is the author of the NYT and Sunday Times bestseller Me and White Supremacy, an antiracism education workbook. Layla writes and teaches about intergenerational justice, healing, and liberation.

Sharona Lautoe (they/them, 1983) is an Afro-Dutch, queer, autistic AuDHD marketer, writer/copywriter, organizer, parent and contrarian with liberation practice as North Star. They engage in nitpicking and cutting table legs for inclusivity and intersectionality, awareness of autistic and ADHD neurodiversity in Black people and center care, love and freedom of marginalized groups in their writing and work. From 2020-2023, she was co-founder and coordinator of Black Trans Art & Joy Fund, she published her poetry collection ‘The Divine Wild’ in 2017 and has been working as a marketer at a local theatre in Amsterdam. They do intersectional, social justice and disability informed copywriting for people and organisations in fine arts, academic settings and advocacy spaces.

Alex McLaughlin (they/them) is an AuDHD, disabled, multi-racial, and queer therapist. They use an ecological systems, feminist, and strengths-based approach, emphasizing anti-racism and neurodivergent and queer affirmation.

As a late-diagnosed AuDHDer, Alex is dedicated to exploring identity with neurodivergent clients and supporting their integration of knowledge related to their neurotypes.

They also have lived experience of OCD and specialize in working with individuals with OCD, utilizing Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT). For their full bio, click here.

Beth Carey (she/her) is a passionate advocate with over 20 years of experience advancing accessibility and equity for neurodivergent individuals.

As a person with multiple disabilities, including autism and a mother of a son with autism and ADHD, she brings personal insight and professional expertise to her work at DuPage Federation on Human Service Reform and through her company, NeuroDivergent Galaxy.

Beth is dedicated to promoting neuroaffirming care, empowering individuals through advocacy and peer support, and driving systemic changes that ensure no one is disadvantaged by their identity.

Almah LaVon is a writer and fairy marsh monster who sometimes wanders among the squonk of Pennsylvania. One of their former creativity coaching clients called themme "a beauty doula." Their first book, a speculative novella, is slated to be released in 2026.