Neurodiverse City Connection
Your brain works differently.
So does our coaching.
We work with neurodivergent adults, teens, and families. Our coaches help you set goals, build skills, and figure out what works for your brain.
WE GET IT
Helping You Feel More Comfortable Socializing and Navigating Everyday Life
Socializing shouldn't feel this hard
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But for you, it does.
You overthink conversations. You second-guess guess yourself. You wonder if you said too much - or not enough.
Sometimes it feels like you have to mask just to fit in... and even then, it still doesn't feel natural.
And it's not just socializing.
It shows up in starting tasks, following through, staying organized - just trying to keep up with everyday life.
You're not lazy. You're not broken. It just hasn't been explained or supported in a way that works for your brain.
That’s where we come in!
We offer neurodivergent-affirming coaching for autistic and ADHD teens, adults, and parents — helping you build real social confidence, strengthen executive functioning skills, and feel more like yourself.
Fostering Connection
Empowering Authenticity
Building Self-Confidence
Encouraging Unmasking
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"It feels like she 'gets me.' She has offered feedback that has been critical in helping me make real progress on my personal goals."
— Chelsey S., NCC client
MEET THE FOUNDER
Hey, I'm Alex,
founder of NCC
I’m a neurodivergent-affirming life coach with a background in speech therapy, and that lens shapes everything about how I work.
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I started Neurodiverse City Connection (NCC) because I was genuinely upset by how often autistic adults were expected to navigate connection on their own—without support that actually understands how they think and communicate.
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I kept meeting people who were putting in real effort… but still feeling isolated, misunderstood, and exhausted from trying to “make it work” in environments and strategies that weren’t designed for them.
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That disconnect is what led me to create this space.
NCC exists for neurodivergent individuals who want support that starts with understanding—not fixing.
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Instead of asking you to fit a mold, we focus on working with your brain and building from there.
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From social confidence and connection to executive functioning, parenting, and everyday life, the goal is to create strategies that feel realistic, sustainable, and actually usable in your real world.
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Because this isn’t about becoming someone else.
It’s about having support that helps you feel more connected—to yourself, to others, and to a life that finally feels like it fits.
WHAT WE WORK ON
These are the specific areas we help with.
You do not need a diagnosis to work with us. If any of these match something you are dealing with, you are welcome here.
Social Confidence
Feeling more comfortable in conversations. Learning to communicate in ways that feel natural to you — not performing for others.
​Making friends/Dating
Finding people you actually connect with. Knowing how to start and keep friendships that feel real and safe.
Parenting Support
Navigating parenting with more confidence and less overwhelm. Understanding your child’s needs—and your own—and learning how to support and communicate with clarity and compassion.
Executive functioning
Building systems for planning, starting tasks, staying organized, and managing time — designed for how your brain actually works.
Unmasking
Understanding what masking is, why it is exhausting, and how to unmask in ways that feel safe and right for you specifically.
Life transitions
Moving through big changes — new jobs, leaving school, shifts in relationships — with more clarity and less overwhelm.
Everyone deserves to live in a city where they belong.
Socializing takes a lot of energy. It often feels like work.
You have been told you are "too much" or "not enough."
Starting tasks, staying organized, or managing time is genuinely hard — not a character flaw.
You feel like other people have an instruction manual for life that you never received.
You have tried strategies that work for other people. They did not work for you.
Something has always felt different about the way your brain works — and you are ready to stop pretending otherwise.
You are not broken. You just haven't had support that was actually built for your brain.
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Feedback from people we have worked with
"I’m so glad that I found Alex. I’m comfortable talking and working with her, discussing different topics that meet and support my needs. She’s helpful, also encouraging with things I have needed help with. She is always great to talk to."
Mase B.
"I highly recommend coaching with Alex to any autistic adult. She’s encouraging, understanding, affirming and will help you achieve your goals. She understands people on a deeper level. I can really be my authentic self around her, which has been so important to embrace as an autistic adult that dosen't fit into the neurotypical or profound autism ‘categories’."
Nate P.
"Not only is Alex unbelievably wonderful and insightful - she is also filling a very important gap in life coaching that we spent years trying to find. She has great knowledge and empathy for things that may be unseen or overlooked in traditional, neurotypical coaching. With amazing ideas, targeted life-strategy and a heart of gold - Alex is helping to guide our kiddo through life's hurdles. We are so thankful for this program."
Kelly B.
"Alex is many things, easy-going, passionate, and really really funny. She has pushed me out of my comfort zone and has me doing things I would never done on my own. She’s down to earth, but also spirited. She is not only a coach, but a friend. She’s upfront in a refreshing way. She has been more impactful than therapy has ever been regarding social skills. I look forward to our sessions and truly enjoy our time together. I am so grateful to have met Alex and wish her all the best."
Sofia S.
WHO WE WORK WITH
We Support....
Adults with ASD or ADHD
Undiagnosed but curious
Executive functioning challenges
Social anxiety or RSD
Building new friendships
Navigating dating
Unmasking & self-acceptance
Young adults building independence
Parents of neurodivergent kids
Feeling like a lifelong misfit
Life after school
Emotional regulation
You don't need a diagnosis. If any of this resonates, you're welcome here.