Neurodiversity at Work Research Conference- 5/30 & 5/31, 2024 Re: The Hotel at UMD Reduced Rate Ends 4/25/24, Registration OPEN

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

If you are from out of town and planning to reserve your reduced rate room with our block at The Hotel at the University of Maryland, the deadline for booking is April 25^th. There are other area hotels nearby.

You may also go HERE to register for the 6^th Annual Neurodiversity at Work Research Conference, co-sponsored by The University of Washington, Carnegie Mellon University, and The University of Maryland. The conference will be in person this year at the University of Maryland campus in College Park, MD, USA, on May 30 and 31, 2024. We hope you can join us in person - The District-Maryland-Virginia area is beautiful this time of year!

When registering keep in mind that:

Registration for attendees is $150. However, student attendees should select the discounted $75 rate. There will be no hybrid or remote option though we will provide recordings of the keynote and research presentations through the conference website afterwards. 

If you are interested in attending the social event dinner on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at 6:00 PM, please purchase the social event ticket for $40 on the registration page. You will not be permitted to buy a social event ticket at the conference itself – you must purchase your ticket during registration.

The Neurodiversity at Work Research Conference brings together leading scholars, neurodivergent leaders, and leading neurodiversity employers and providers concerned with advancing neurodiversity employment research. Their work may relate to the preparation, recruitment, persistence, advancement, and management of neurodivergent individuals in the workplace. 

Our goal remains to build a community of people concerned with advancing research related to the preparation and employment of neurodivergent individuals and convey these concerns to others in the community. The conference aims to

1. Provide a collaborative space for scholars to share their work and receive constructive feedback in order to advance neurodiversity employment research.
2. Further develop a research agenda to advance evidence-based practices to equitably include neurodivergent people in the workplace.

Conference Theme:

This year’s Conference theme centers on “Demonstrating Transformational Impact: moving from practice-based evidence to evidence-based practice.” Our keynote speaker is Dr. Allysa Ware, Executive Director of Family Voices, with various panels that will advance the community's understanding of and inspire research efforts to demonstrate impact systematically and critically to ensure the representation and empowerment of all community members and balance ecosystem stakeholders' perspectives equitably. Conference activities will facilitate dialogue related to transformational impact relevant to the following priorities we identified in the 5th Annual Neurodiversity at Work Research Workshop in Seattle in 2023, namely:

1. Emphasizing representation
2. Exploring the impact of the intersectionality of identities
3. Translating insights into evidence-based practice

Please feel free to distribute the conference information to others who are interested in research related to neurodiversity employment.

We hope that you will consider joining us for our 6th Annual Neurodiversity at Work Research Conference. For more information on the conference, please go to https://ndatworkresearch.org and if you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us at in...@NDAtWorkResearch.org.

Regards,

Neurodiversity at Work Research Conference Co-Chairs

Hala Annabi (email), University of Washington

Andrew Begel (email), Carnegie Mellon University

Kathryn Dow-Burger (email), University of Maryland