Wise and Integrated Resources Institute are excited to announce a new iteration of the PRIDES Learning Series, a webinar and podcast series focused on improving services for individuals with intellectual disabilities who are part of the LGBTQ+ community. Trainings are centered around the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals with IDD and aimed at promoting more inclusive work environments within provider organizations.
Neurodiversity is quickly becoming a widespread vocabulary word. But what is it? Join Jillian Nelson to examine the cultural significance of neurodiversity and explore how we can create accessibility and space in our queer communities to include everyone!
Learning Objectives:
What is neurodiversity
What are the cultural structures of the neurodivergent community
How can I support neurodiverse people
How can I create accessibility in queer community for different neurotypes.
Meet the Trainer
Jillian Nelson
Jillian Nelson brings a unique blend of public policy experience, lived experience, advocacy, and creativity to her work with Neuroequity Consulting. Before moving into neuroequity consulting, Jillian serves full-time as a state agency disability focused Legislative Affairs Director, working at the intersection of policy, advocacy, and government. That experience gives her a deep understanding of how systems and policies can either create barriers or open doors for people and communities.
Jillian is proudly autistic and disabled, as well as queer and polyamorous. Her lived experience shapes both her perspective and her approach to neuroequity. She understands firsthand what it means to navigate systems that aren't always designed with disabled, neurodivergent, or otherwise marginalized people in mind. She is passionate about creating workplaces and communities where people don't have to hide or minimize important parts of who they are in order to belong.
At Neuroequity Consulting, Jillian helps organizations move beyond awareness toward meaningful, practical inclusion. She brings together policy expertise, lived experience, empathy, and a willingness to challenge conventional thinking to help organizations rethink accessibility, workplace culture, and the many ways people think, communicate, learn, and contribute.
Outside of work, Jillian is an enthusiastic WNBA fan, a lover of Broadway, and an unapologetically crafty person. She believes that creativity, community, disability justice, and joy all have an important place in building a more equitable world.