Fish in a Tree: Center for Neurodiversity Education, Advocacy, and Activism

Building the Infrastructure of Neurodiversity Justice

Initiatives

  • Neurodiversity Coalition of America and National Convening

  • Neurodiversity Studies Graduate Degree Program

  • Neurodiversity Consultant Professional Credential

  • Neurodiversity Justice Bookshelf Virtual Book Club

  • NeuroStage Presentation & Performance Series

  • Neurodiversity Pride Parade in New Orleans, Louisiana

Upcoming Events

  • NeuroKindred

    Oct 9

    Bridgette Hamstead will present at NeuroKindred’s virtual conference: Whole Thriving Autistically 2025. Discussions will focus on Autism and Aging. Sessions follow Hamstead’s published article “No One Is Coming.”

  • Neuro-Inclusive Festival-Making

    Oct 18

    Fish in a Tree presents “Neuro-Inclusive Festival-Making Panel” at Shrimp Fest 2025. Discussion will focus on neuro-inclusion and neuro-accessibility in festival-making, Mardi-Gras, and public events in the Gulf South and beyond.

  • LGBTQIA+ Neurodiversity Training

    Oct 27, Oct 28

    Bridgette Hamstead will deliver training on LGBTQIA+ and Neurodiversity-affirming and informed care and best practices for medical clinics at the LGBTQIA+ Center of Southern Nevada.

  • Bird's Eye Impact Podcast

    Sept 30

    Bridgette Hamstead to appear as guest on Bird’s Eye Impact Podcast. Discussion topics to include the Neurodiversity Justice Movement and the Neurodiversity Paradigm.

  • Cultural Autism Studies at Yale

    Nov 24

    Bridgette Hamstead will be presenting “From Advocacy to Activism: Galvanizing a Neurodiversity Justice Movement” at Cultural Autism Studies at Yale. There is no cost to attend, and international participants are welcome. This session will explore how Fish in a Tree and its partners and collaborators are galvanizing, organizing, and leading the shift from individual advocacy to collective action and activism for neurodivergent justice in the U.S.

Our
Company Ethos

Fish in a Tree is a neurodivergent-led organization rooted in neurodivergent lived experience, the social model of disability, and disability justice. We believe neurodiversity is not a problem to solve but a strength to build around.

Our work goes beyond awareness and checkbox inclusion. We partner with universities, corporations, nonprofits, cultural institutions, and tech innovators to create meaningful change through consulting, training, keynotes, training, and coalition-building. Every engagement is designed to be practical, collaborative, and transformative, centering neurodivergent leadership at every step.

We are also building the infrastructure the neurodiversity movement has long needed: a U.S.-based graduate program in Neurodiversity Studies, the Board-Certified Neurodiversity Consultant professional credential, and the Neurodiversity Coalition of America, which sets the annual U.S. Neurodiversity Justice Agenda. These initiatives extend our consulting work into lasting systems change, establishing standards, pathways, and collective strategies that move the neurodiversity movement from awareness to justice.

Our ethos is simple: we will not replicate broken systems. We will help you build new ones where neurodivergent people, and by extension, everyone, can thrive.

Contact Us

Interested in working together? We’d love to connect with you. Whether you’re interested in consulting, booking a keynote, exploring partnership, or learning more about our initiatives, Fish in a Tree is here to help. Reach out to us using this form and a member of our team will get back to you soon.