Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025 is March 17 – 21!
Neurodiversity (ND) Celebration Week aims to:
- Increase awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the ND community.
- Challenge stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences.
- Create a more inclusive and equitable community that empowers all individuals.
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Help us create amazing experiences during Neurodiversity Celebration Week!
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Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025 Events
All events are free & open to the public. Enjoy raffles, snacks, and lots of fun!
Neurodiversity Celebration Week Zine 2025
Are you a neurodivergent poet, author or artist? Submit a piece of your work to be included in our annual Neurodiversity Celebration Week Zine! We would love to include your work. We are especially looking for creative works around the ideas of neurodiversity celebration, pride, and futurity. All kinds of works are welcome: poems, short stories, paintings, comics, vignettes, and more!
Submit your art here. Multiple submissions are allowed.
See the Zine from last year! Questions? contact neurodiversity@cornell.edu.
Saturday, March 15
Matinee: The Wild Robot
10:30am-12:30pm, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yarnell Lecture Hall 4 (sensory room in Lecture Hall 6)
Join us for a fun, family & sensory-friendly movie screening as we begin Neurodiversity Celebration Week! This inclusive event is open to the public. Cornell and community families are very much encouraged to attend. Enjoy a welcoming atmosphere with free snacks, a sensory room, and great raffle prizes!
Parking lots located on Campus Road at Tower Road; Event entrance at 606 Tower Road is accessible.
Monday, March 17
Building Belonging Fair
11:30am-1:30 pm, e-Hub (106A&B, Kennedy Hall above Trillium)
Join us and learn about the wide variety of supports and services available on campus for students, staff and faculty. Network, share ideas and best practices in a relaxed, sensory friendly environment, with refreshments and raffle prizes!
Offices and organizations represented include student clubs, SDS, CAPS, Faculty and Staff Assistance Program, OISE, Access and Community Empowerment at CALS, QGrads: LBGTQ+ Graduate Student Association, OADI, Multicultural Academic Council, Cornell Libraries, and many more.
Accessible entrance (platform lift) on Garden Avenue
Story Night – Tales from Cornell’s Neurodivergent Community
Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni, General Public
7:00 – 9:00pm, Physical Sciences Building 401 & Zoom
Enjoy hearing the fascinating stories of neurodivergent students, faculty, staff and alumni!
Food provided to those attending in person – Please RSVP.
Accessible entrance through the Clark Hall Breezeway in the rear
Tuesday, March 18
Research Poster Night
7:00 – 9:00pm, Toni Morrison Multipurpose Room
Come see the variety of neurodiversity-related research and research in other areas conducted by neurodivergent people at Cornell!! Sign up here if you want to present your research!
Entrances across from Morrison Dining are accessible
Wednesday, March 19
Mindful Yoga for Neurodivergent People
11:30am-12:30pm, Founders’ Room, Anabel Taylor Hall
Join us for a Yoga session in a sensory friendly, relaxed environment. Led by Melissa Filut-Weiner, PE instructor. This event is hosted in collaboration with Cornell Fitness Centers.
Please bring your own mat; if you need one, contact lms436@cornell.edu in advance to receive a free one (first come first serve basis).
Entrance on College Ave is accessible
Neurodiversity Dialogues
3:00 – 4:00 pm, Zoom (please register here)
Dr. Quinetta Roberson Connally and her doctoral student, Joie Magalona, will be joining us for Neurodiversity Celebration Week to share their work on “Reconceptualizing Leadership from a Neurodiverse Perspective.” Please attend this discussion to hear more about neurodivergent leadership behaviors and their influence on leader and follower outcomes, as well as how neurodiversity and leadership research can be better integrated.
Silent Disco
8:30-10:00 pm, Toni Morrison Multipurpose Room
Bring your headphones and dance to your own music or the Spotify playlist we prepared for you! Enjoy this fun party in a sensory friendly space.
Entrances across from Morrison Dining are accessible
Thursday, March 20
Passionate Pursuits Night
6:00 – 9:00pm, Bethe Common Room (235)
You’ll have the opportunity to meet new people, see (and interact with) their hobbies or special interests! We look forward to seeing what cool things everyone likes to do!
We’re inviting anyone interested (individuals AND on-campus organizations) to table at this event. Please fill out this form if you want to table.
Entrance near Noyes is accessible
Friday, March 21
Sensory-Friendly Swim and Meet the Graduation Water Competency Requirement
10:00am – 12:00pm, Helen Newman Swimming Pool
Cornell PE & Aquatics is collaborating with us to provide you with a sensory friendly space to swim and/or meet the graduation water competency requirement. Signups will open on 3/14. Register for a time via Campus Groups: https://scl.cornell.edu/pe/swim-requirement/swim-requirement-dates-times
Sensory Friendly Spaces
5:00-7:00pm, 2nd Floor Atrium, CCC Building (235 Garden Avenue)
Explore what a sensory-friendly space looks like! See sensory friendly furniture, weighted blankets, other wearables, white sound machines, and more. You will have the opportunity to engage in fun activities to find out how our senses work–proprioceptive, vision, hearing, smell, ventricular… you name it! We will also have items from our lending library to test and borrow!
This inclusive event is open to the public. Cornell and community families are very much encouraged to attend. This event is hosted in collaboration with Racker and the Human Centered Design Department. The entrance on Garden Avenue by the loading dock is accessible
We want to make this week’s events as inclusive and welcoming as possible. All events are free and meant to be sensory-friendly. When available, we are also offering a sensory room to destress and relax. Fidget toys, interaction buttons, etc., will be found on the sign-in table. Food and snacks were chosen considering different sensory needs and preferences. Please email neurodiversity@cornell.edu with any questions!