{"id":7814,"date":"2025-08-19T13:35:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=7814"},"modified":"2025-08-19T13:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:35:51","slug":"unmasking-connections-neurodiversity-support-group-9","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/event\/unmasking-connections-neurodiversity-support-group-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Unmasking Connections: Neurodiversity Support Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Through discussions, activities, and on-campus field trips, this group fosters connection, social communication skills, and wellness.<\/strong>&nbsp;This group may be a good fit for students with various disabilities including autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, and more. No diagnosis is required to participate in the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"on-november-26th-we-will-go-on-a-field-trip-to-the-carleton-disability-awareness-centre-cdac\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">On November 26th we will go on a field trip to the Carleton Disability Awareness Centre (CDAC<\/strong>).<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At CDAC we&#8217;ll learn about social support regarding disability and accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"join-us-to\">Join us to\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Encourage authentic self-expression and social engagement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gain tools for managing stress, energy, and transitions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore creative and mindful outlets for self-care<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Build a community of support and shared experiences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote wellbeing through nutrition, sleep, and self-compassion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"questions\">Questions?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This group is&nbsp;<strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">facilitated collaboratively by Health and Counselling Services and the Paul Menton Centre.<\/strong>&nbsp;For questions about the group or to discuss accommodations that you require to participate fully, please contact Amanda Blais (<a href=\"mailto:amandablais@cunet.carleton.ca\">amandablais@cunet.carleton.ca<\/a>) or Taylor Meissner (<a href=\"mailto:taylormeissner@cunet.carleton.ca\">taylormeissner@cunet.carleton.ca<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"schedule\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/current-students\/support-social-and-study-groups\/neurodiversity-support-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit the Unmasking Connections: Neurodiversity Support Group webpage<\/a> to view the full schedule for fall 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[29,30],"cu_event_audience":[6],"class_list":["post-7814","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry","cu_event_type-live-feed","cu_event_type-newsletter","cu_event_audience-current-students"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2025-11-26 15:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2025-11-26 16:15:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":"TT","cu_event_meeting_room":"1501","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":"","cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":{"title":"","url":"https:\/\/ventus.carleton.ca\/workshops\/workshop.php?uuid=f604c46531894d109cf9b604882aa3d0","target":"_blank"},"cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":"","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/7814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/7814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7894,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/7814\/revisions\/7894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=7814"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=7814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}