The Beacon
A neuroinclusive community uniting students across campuses and across universities
The Beacon is a community-driven program designed to guide students through their university journey while fostering inclusion, growth, and connection. It provides a safe and supportive environment where neurodivergent students and allies can build tools and strategies, share experiences, learn from one another, and form meaningful relationships.
This program is an ideal fit for students who want to:
Build their skill set to support individual needs, or those of friends and peers
Develop confidence with The Beacon events in 2025/2026 school year
Connect with peers who understand their experiences and challenges
Contribute to a culture of inclusion and understanding, learning how to support others and champion neurodiversity
Build lasting networks that support academic, personal, and professional growth
Whether you identify as neurodivergent or as an ally, participating in The Beacon allows you to gain practical skills, create positive change, and help foster a more inclusive society.
The Beacon - Expert Panel
Theme: Setting neurodivergent students, their peers and allies up for success by building their university and early career toolkit
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March 19th
Date
6:00-7:30 PM
Time
Live webinar
Type
On March 19th, in celebration of Neurodiversity Celebration Week, My Outlet is hosting the inaugural Beacon Expert Panel
Held as a live webinar, this panel is designed to create space for dialogue, insight-sharing, and collective problem-solving. Alongside experienced leaders in the field, we are opening spots for university students, students, faculty members, school administrators, parents who are demonstrating leadership in the neurodiversity space and who aspire to contribute to a more inclusive and equitable future.
The Beacon Expert Panel Speakers
Each of our panelists bring different and very complementary skill sets to the table, all of which are grounded in supporting university and other post-secondary students with their work.
Moderator
Steve Elliot
Co-founder and Lead Facilitator of e3 Public Speaking
Panelist
Rob Austin
Professor, Information Systems and Evolution of Work Chair at Ivey Business School. Affiliated faculty member at Harvard Medical School
Panelist
Aleem Nasser
President and Founder of The Art of Being Smart. Tedx Speaker, Author and 4.0 GPA Academic Coach
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Panelist
Andrea Zians
Educational Consultant | ADHD Coach | Assistive Technology Specialist | Author of "How to Study with ADHD and Other Learning Challenges"
What is ONE thing you’re taking away from this session?
I learned that everybody does have a little bit of spectrum in everyone and that everyone is not perfect. But the biggest take away that I can say is that college/university aint so scary after all and some people are actually maybe feeling nervous or scared and adhd ASD is becoming more common
What is ONE thing you’re taking away from this session?
I really appreciate and find it fascinating to see the stories from all the host and guests. It's amazing to see the different ways of how neurodivergent individuals can find learning tools to accommodate their own learning, I feel like I learned a lot more about myself as well!
What is ONE thing you’re taking away from this session?
So good to see there is more and more support for neurodivergent students at University and workplace. All members of the webinar had very useful strategies for students to use.
What is ONE thing you’re taking away from this session?
Insights from panelists on focusing on staying true to myself and trusting myself in the journey of adulthood.
What is ONE thing you’re taking away from this session?
I really like the discussion about how everyone is smart in their own way and has their own strengths.