Neurodiversity Foundation

The “Stichting Neurodiversiteit” (Dutch for Neurodiversity Foundation) is founded on 15th of February 2018 (the day after Valentine's day), with Tjerk Feitsma as founder, Lana Jelenjev, Karol Henke and Ana Maldonado as board members. Autism is our initial research focus and the 2Tango.Signs project our first mission. The foundation is created to bridge the gaps, serving neurodivergents, their parents, best friends, bosses, and coaches. We are open to cooperation, co-creation, consultancy, information dissemination, innovation, educational partnerships, and advocacy to further a future that is equally welcome to all braintypes. About the international cooperation project: The ATHENS Initiative The “Athens Initiative” is the project name of international cooperation jumpstarted by the Netherlands-based “stichting Neurodiversiteit” (Neurodiversity Foundation). It invites programmers and builders on & beyond the Spectrum to build tools to create equality, self-determination, self-management and social connections for neurodivergents. The main project currently, is the Signs project, which creates a new autistic friendly sign language, a self-management app, and a virtual assistant to support social survival.