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Events Programme 2026

Here you can find details of all the events, activities and more taking place as part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2026 at Queen Mary.

The founders of Neurodiversity Celebration Week also have their own comprehensive schedule of events, which we have included at the bottom of the page.

Events are being added regularly, so please check back for the latest updates!

ADHD: A Modern Lexicon - workshop with Merlin Goldman

Silhouettes of heads showing different internal mechanismsDate: Thursday 19 March

Time: 12.00pm-1.00pm

Location: LG3, Queen's Building or online.

If you'd like to come along, please sign up using this quick form: Event Sign Up

Are you a student, researcher, academic, or member of staff with ADHD, work with someone with ADHD, or just interested in learning about ADHD? Then join us for a lunchtime workshop during Neurodiversity Celebration Week featuring Merlin Goldman, artist, filmmaker, musician and author, whose book ADHD: A Modern Lexicon is an easy to read, personal and insightful appraisal of ADHD today.
This interactive workshop will explore how ADHD and autistic traits can shape working life. And how to build approaches that can help.  Expect discussion, reflection, and a handful of 'hacks” for starting and finishing projects, collaborating, asking for help, and preventing burnout. This isn’t about “fixing” ADHDers — it’s about recognising patterns, reducing friction, and designing supportive systems around university life.
What to expect:
- Introduction to neurodiversity
- What it means for our educational experience
- Shared experience and methods for success
- Tips for success in a Neurotypical world
This is an event organised jointly by:
- MINDS (Mutual Inclusion through Neurodiversity in Science)
- WHEN (Women in Higher Education Network)
- and the EECS Equalities Committee (ECO)

ND Parents Support Group Welcome Meeting

Date: Thursday 19 March

Time: 1:30pm

Location: online via Microsoft Teams

Do you have a child with diagnosed/suspected neurodiversity? Or are you a parent who is ND yourself? Please come along to our Welcome Meeting for our new ND Parents Support Group (on Teams).

The idea is to share ideas, tips and experience and offer support to each other in what can be a very difficult and complicated journey.

For any questions, or if you would like to join but can’t make this date/time please email helen.wood@qmul.ac.uk

Developing Inclusive Education for neurodivergent learners

An image of a brain with the text 'Neurodiversity' with arrows coming out of it, directing to cartoon brains looking happy, strong, confused.The Queen Mary Academy and the Disability and Dyslexia Service offer an online workshop 'Designing Inclusive Education for neurodivergent learners'. 

This practical session aims to introduce staff to neurodiversity and will present some of the challenges that our students face. It also shares some strategies and tools to be used in planning, teaching, and designing assessments more inclusively.

Before attending the workshop, participants are asked to complete a short e-learning module 'Introduction to neurodiversity in the education context'.

At the end of this short e-learning course, you should be able to:

  1. Have a basic understanding of neurodiversity in the context of learning
  2. Identify barriers and strengths of neurodivergent students 
  3. Identify some best practices for inclusive teaching

Access the 'Introduction to neurodiversity in the education context' e-learning and register your interest to be notified of new dates for the next workshop via the the CPD Training Platform.

Menopause and Neurodiversity Webinar

This webinar, recorded as part of Menopause Awareness Month, provides information about, and discusses the the impact of, neurodivergence and the menopause.

Watch the webinar recording.

External events: Neurodiversity Celebration Week

Check out the schedule of events being run by the founders of Neurodiversity Celebration Week below and book your place via the Neurodiversity Celebration Week event webpage.

All events are free of charge and open to all. Please note that these events are being recorded, to increase accessibility for all around the world. Links to the recordings will be sent via email post-event, so please make sure you register for the events so that you don't miss out.

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