Squirrel Space

03/10/2026

Where have you found community that truly understands you?

Come connect with us at our upcoming game event.

Play, connect, belong. 🎲🐿️

Community spaces matter, especially for neurodivergent adults who are often navigating systems that weren’t designed with them in mind. Sometimes what helps most isn’t another program. It’s simply having a place to show up and connect.

That’s what our upcoming Squirrel Space Game Event is about. A relaxed gathering to play a few games, meet others in the community, and spend time together without pressure.

📍 Steeplejack Brewing Co., Portland
🗓 March 14
🕓 4 PM

RSVP : https://forms.gle/2yWpkE4X6N2TqZRV9

03/09/2026

Play, connect, belong. 🎲🐿️

Community spaces matter, especially for neurodivergent adults who are often navigating systems that weren’t designed with them in mind. Sometimes what helps most isn’t another program. It’s simply having a place to show up and connect.

That’s what our upcoming Squirrel Space Game Event is about. A relaxed gathering to play a few games, meet others in the community, and spend time together without pressure.

📍 Steeplejack Brewing Co., Portland
🗓 March 14
🕓 4 PM

RSVP : https://forms.gle/2yWpkE4X6N2TqZRV9

03/05/2026

Play, connect, belong.

To celebrate Neurodiversity Celebration Week, Squirrel Space is hosting an in-person gathering in Portland for the neurodivergent community.

This is a chance to meet fellow squirrels, share conversations, and celebrate the strengths that come from thinking differently.

What to expect:
• Board games and casual connection
• Coffee and conversations
• Community resources and celebratory swag
• The launch of the Squirrel Space story

📅 March 14, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM
📍 Steeplejack Brewing Company, Portland

Whether you come with friends or arrive solo, you’re welcome here.

👉 RSVP here : https://forms.gle/YkDNMgGXdRVsVXmx6

03/03/2026

📣 Here, here! Neurodiversity Celebration Week is almost here.

We’re excited to gather in community with a mix of in-person and virtual events designed to celebrate neurodivergent strengths.

From a Portland meetup to conversations on leadership, perception, and neurodivergence, we hope you’ll join us.

Save your seat. Registration links are in the comments.

03/02/2026

This Women’s Month, we are celebrating women who feel deeply, think differently, and lead in ways the world is still learning to understand.

We see women who are neurodivergent, highly sensitive, creative, analytical, quiet, bold, and everything in between. We see women who were told they were “too much” or “not enough” and are now discovering that the very things they were criticized for are strengths.

Leadership does not have to look loud to be powerful.
Sensitivity is not weakness.
Different is not deficient.

We believe workplaces become stronger when women are supported in showing up fully as themselves, without masking, shrinking, or overcompensating.

This month, we honor the women building teams, raising families, creating change, navigating burnout, and redefining what success looks like on their own terms.

If this resonates with you, follow Squirrel Space as we continue sharing stories, tools, and conversations that support neurodivergent women at work.

02/25/2026

Feeling a little wobbly about showing up to things lately?

On March 14 at Steeplejack, you can walk in, grab a board game, and let your ND brain be its chatty, curious self without performing. 🐿️

Expect low key connection, coffee, actual resources, and a room full of squirrels who also brought too many acorns.

Come by at 4 if you want company that feels human.

Save this so Future You remembers. Scan the code to RSVP💛

Play. Connect. Belong.

Join us as we celebrate Neurodiversity Week with an in person gathering designed to bring together the neurodivergent community and honor our unique strengths.

🗓 March 14, 2026
🕓 4:00 PM
📍 Steeplejack Brewing Company
2400 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232

What to expect:
• Board games and casual connection
• Coffee and conversations
• Community resources and celebratory swag
• The launch of our new Squirrel Space story

Walk ins are welcome. RSVP is encouraged.

If you have been looking for a space where you can show up as yourself and feel like you belong, this is it.

Scan the QR code to RSVP and we will see you there 💛

02/24/2026

What if perception shapes more than we realize?

For our upcoming Book Club, we’re reading Perceptive by Rachel Radway, a thoughtful exploration of how awareness, lived experience, and perspective influence the way we understand ourselves and the people around us.

This book invites us to slow down. To notice what we often overlook. To question assumptions. And to approach differences with curiosity instead of judgment.

If you care about building deeper understanding, more inclusive spaces, and conversations that truly listen, this discussion is for you.

Join us as we reflect, share, and learn together.
Save your slot here : https://forms.gle/MZSpkhF1QevfgdVF6

02/20/2026

Play. Connect. Belong.

Join us as we celebrate Neurodiversity Week with an in person gathering designed to bring together the neurodivergent community and honor our unique strengths.

🗓 March 14, 2026
🕓 4:00 PM
📍 Steeplejack Brewing Company
2400 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232

What to expect:
• Board games and casual connection
• Coffee and conversations
• Community resources and celebratory swag
• The launch of our new Squirrel Space story

Walk ins are welcome. RSVP is encouraged.

If you have been looking for a space where you can show up as yourself and feel like you belong, this is it.

Scan the QR code to RSVP and we will see you there 💛

02/20/2026

Inclusion should not live in HR alone.

Recently, an HR team at a mid-sized organization saw a steady rise in accommodation requests related to ADHD and autism.

In one quarter, they:
• Processed multiple formal accommodation requests
• Mediated communication conflicts between managers and ND employees
• Redesigned performance plans to reduce ambiguity
• Coached managers on feedback style and tone
• Managed informal disclosures from employees unsure whether to request support

At the same time, they were running open enrollment, engagement surveys, and navigating organizational change.

What happened?

Managers defaulted to HR for interpretation.
HR became the translator. The buffer. The compliance gatekeeper. The culture fixer.

The result:
Burnout increased.
Inclusion remained reactive.
Neurodivergent employees still felt like the system wasn’t built for them.

This is the invisible load many HR teams are carrying.

Neuroinclusion cannot depend on case-by-case accommodations alone. It requires intentional design, shared responsibility, and systems that reduce friction before it shows up as conflict.

That’s what we’ll explore in our upcoming webinar:

Understanding & Designing for Neurodivergence in the Workplace

If you’re in HR, Culture, DEI, or leading an ERG, this session is designed to equip you with practical, sustainable approaches.

Scan the QR code on the poster below to register.

02/17/2026

Less than a week until this conversation.

If you are in HR, People and Culture, or leading an ERG, this is your reminder.

Designing for neurodivergence is not about adding one more initiative to your plate. It is about making the systems you already manage actually work for more people.

We are diving into practical, real-world strategies that support neurodivergent employees and the leaders doing their best to support them.

February 23 is approaching quickly. If this topic has been on your mind, this is a good moment to register.

We would love to have you in the room.

A lot of the pressure HR leaders carry doesn’t show up on org charts, but it shows up every day in the work.

Many HR leaders are being asked to support neurodivergent employees without the tools, time, or systems that actually make inclusion sustainable. And that gap is real.

That’s why we’re hosting our Neurodiversity HR Webinar. A practical, human conversation about designing workplaces that truly work for neurodivergent employees and the people supporting them.

Facilitated by Amy Hafensteiner , with insights and leadership from Mirna Mejia, PhD, ACC, ELI-MP and Emily Kapszukiewicz, this session is grounded in real-world HR challenges and what actually helps beyond surface-level accommodations.

If you’re navigating competing demands, limited resources, and the pressure to “get it right” for your people, this space is for you.

Join us on February 23.
Register via the link or QR code on the flyer.

02/16/2026

Lunar Year celebrations remind us that growth is both personal and collective.

It encourages us to try something new, to step into opportunities that have been waiting quietly for us. But it also calls us to stay rooted in the traditions and stories that connect us to one another. Change feels steadier when it is grounded in belonging. When creativity, culture, and community move together, growth feels both bold and meaningful.

For our neurodivergent community, growth is not about keeping up, it is about honoring your wiring, your pace, and the way you uniquely move through the world.

Happy Lunar New Year!