Beautiful Minds Conference
March 25 @ 8:30 am - March 26 @ 5:00 pm
March 25-26, 2025. 8:30am-5:00pm
North Campus Research Complex
2800 Plymouth Rd, Building 18, Ann Arbor, MI
The University of Michigan’s Beautiful Minds Conference annually celebrates:
- Education and Awareness: Sharing insights to dismantle stereotypes and educate the community on neurodiversity.
- Empowerment and Inclusion: Providing resources to create empowering and inclusive environments for neurodiverse individuals.
- Collaboration and Innovation: Promoting teamwork to drive innovation and support neurodiverse communities.
- Community Building: Ensuring networking opportunities and fostering sustainable relationships to build a support for neurodiverse communities.
Through these efforts, we aim to educate, inspire, and empower everyone to celebrate their unique minds.
Our story
The Beautiful Minds Conference grew out of a conversation between 3 colleagues who are each touched by neurodiversity in very different ways. As conversations took root, and other colleagues began to share stories, we realized we had an opportunity to use our voices and platforms to advocate for awareness.
This core team volunteered their time, collaborated with students and faculty, cultivated institutional relationships, and built global alliances, all with the goal of bringing the conversation of neurodiversity front and center. What has emerged is tremendous institutional support across all of our University of Michigan’s campuses. But more importantly, it has also opened the door for our neurodivergent community members to claim their space, to be heard and uplifted, to be supported and recognized. There is still much work to be done, as we continue planning the programming and our next conference. We hope that you will join us and share in the journey as we work toward supporting all our communities.
