Neurodivergent Minds Inc.

Today we are formally announcing the establishment of Neurodivergent Minds Inc., a Wisconsin nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing research, public policy, and practical tools for neurodivergent adults.

This organization did not begin with a business plan. It began with a lived experience. Its founder, Benjamin James Royer, PhD, is a neurodivergent researcher who uses AI as documented cognitive scaffolding for executive function challenges associated with ADHD. Over the past year, that personal practice evolved into a body of published scholarship, a set of practical frameworks, a policy platform, and a growing community of neurodivergent adults who recognized something in the work that felt different from what they had seen before: someone who understood what they were going through, who had the academic training to articulate it rigorously, and who was not interested in pity or oversimplification.

Neurodivergent Minds Inc. formalizes that work into an institutional structure capable of sustaining and scaling it. The organization operates on four pillars: advocacy (consumer protection and disability rights), research (original scholarship grounded in social capital theory and ADA frameworks), practical tools (curated productivity ecosystems, AI integration toolkits, and cognitive accommodation frameworks), and community (plain-language resources, educational outreach, and peer connection).

What We Have Built So Far

The intellectual foundation of this organization is already substantial. The Cognitive-Capital Mediation (CCM) framework explains how AI tools function as bridges that let neurodivergent people participate in systems that were not designed for them. The Civic AI Accountability Standard (CAAS), published at CAASNow.org, gives legislators and regulators a structured way to evaluate AI systems before they launch and hold companies accountable after the fact. It has been formally delivered to four members of Congress. NerdyADHD.org serves as the community’s front door, offering evidence-based resources, advocacy tools, and the Cognitive Prosthetic AI integration toolkit.

We have also produced research examining how communities build and lose trust, how companies exploit neurodivergent consumers through confusing billing and misleading marketing, and how AI platforms affect the people who depend on them most. A semi-fictional memoir project (Signal and Noise) has served as a real-world case study in how AI can support complex creative and intellectual work for someone with ADHD.

What Comes Next

The organization is in active formation. We are incorporating as a Wisconsin nonstock corporation, pursuing 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, recruiting founding Board of Directors members, and building out the digital infrastructure that will house this work for the long term. Foundations Technology, a separate commercial consulting entity, will serve organizations that need expert guidance on AI integration and neurodivergent-inclusive practices.

If you are a neurodivergent adult, a caregiver, a clinician, a researcher, a policymaker, or someone who believes that the people who understand neurodivergence best are the people who live it, we invite you to follow our work, share our resources, and consider supporting our mission.

Contact: hello@ndmind.org | 920-288-2007