Squirrel Space

🎭 Meet the kids going to Disneyland.

Jasmine's Beat® ND Dance Troupe has been invited to perform at Disneyland. A real performance. On a real schedule. By a group of neurodivergent kids, in front of strangers, in a sensory‑intense environment — together.

For most of these kids, “performance” meant masking. It meant trying to look like something they weren’t. Jasmine’s troupe is flipping that.
→ They dance as themselves.
→ They stim on stage.
→ They take breaks when their nervous systems need them.
→ And the audience stays anyway.

We need to get them there. The Bash campaign is raising for two things — the Acorn Fund (our community programs) and this: flights for the kids, travel and meal stipends for the parents and guardians chaperoning them, and the gear they need for the performance.

✨ Every dollar brings these dancers closer to the stage — covering flights, meals, guardians’ travel, and the gear they need to shine.

👉 Donation link is in the comments. When donating, please indicate that your gift is for the Jasmine Beat Bash so it goes directly to this event.

Today’s conversation is one we’re really looking forward to 💛

Join us for a live Mental Health Access Month speaker event featuring Rosa Neves alongside Emily Kapszukiewicz as we talk about mental health access, paid leave, workplace support, and the real-life strategies that help people and families thrive.

Whether you’re attending in person or virtually, we’d love to have you there for this meaningful community conversation.

✨ Networking begins at 3:00 PM PST
✨ Presentation starts at 3:45 PM PST
📍 Tigard, OR + Virtual Option Available
💛 $20 donation encouraged to support Squirrel Space

Seats are limited. Scan the QR code to reserve your spot!

Sunny weather, vintage finds, handmade creations, community games, and neurodivergent folks connecting with each other 💛

Our ND Vintage Clothing Meetup held last May 23 was full of small moments that mattered — conversations in the shade, people sharing interests, supporting each other’s creativity, and simply getting to exist without pressure.

Thank you to everyone who came by and helped make the space feel welcoming and joyful.

More community-centered events coming soon.

Memorial Day can bring up grief in unexpected ways for neurodivergent people.

Sometimes memory is not linear.
Sometimes it lives in sensory moments:
a smell,
a song,
a sudden feeling in your chest,
or a detail your nervous system never forgot.

For many ND adults, grief does not follow a schedule — and it does not always look the way others expect it to.

Today, we honor the lives lost.
And we also hold space for those quietly navigating memory, overwhelm, longing, or complicated emotions alongside remembrance.

→ You are not “too sensitive.”
→ You do not have to process grief the “right” way.
→ Your nervous system deserves gentleness too.

Thinking of everyone carrying visible and invisible grief today.

This Wednesday 🌿

Join Rosa Neves and Emily Kapszukiewicz for a live conversation on mental health access, paid leave, workplace accommodations, and community support.

Whether you’re navigating burnout, advocating for accommodations, supporting employees, or simply trying to better understand your options — this session is designed to offer practical insight and connection.

📍 Hybrid event — attend in person in Tigard, OR or join virtually
🕒 Networking begins at 3 PM PST
🎤 Speaker session starts at 3:45 PM PST
💬 Captions on
🤝 Community-centered space for conversation and support

Featuring:
• Rosa Neves — Paid Leave Strategist, Workplace Doula, and Perinatal Educator
• Emily Kapszukiewicz — Founder of Squirrel Space and Certified Leadership Coach

Seats are limited for in-person attendance.

Scan the code to reserve or register here : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGthi7XCWJZVE470yCbWYb_2l4kNNCcINOwFBEiBFOKNZk7Q/viewform

Today. 🌿 ND Vintage Clothing Meetup.

1222 SE Yamhill, Portland, OR · drop in this afternoon

Hangers, tags, and a quiet corner are ready. So is the front door.

Come browse. Come swap. Come look. Come for 20 minutes. Stay all afternoon.

You don't have to bring anything. You don't have to talk to anyone. You don't have to mask.

See you there. 💚

See you at the ND Vintage Clothing Meetup.

1222 SE Yamhill, Portland, OR · drop by on May 23.

Hangers, tags, and a quiet corner are ready. So is the front door.

Come browse. Come swap. Come look. Come for 20 minutes. Stay all afternoon.

You don't have to bring anything. You don't have to talk to anyone. You don't have to mask.

See you there. 💚

Self-ID beta testers — 3 shifts they all named in week 1.

One week into the Squirrel Steps Self-ID beta. Three things almost every tester has said in their check-in:

1. "I didn't realize how much I've been carrying just trying to figure this out alone."

2. "The language Step 2 gives me — I've never had words for this before."

3. "I thought I had to get a diagnosis to be valid. Now I know I have options."

This is what the June launch is being built from. Real testers, real language, real shifts.

A few beta seats are still open if you want in.

→ DM us "beta" to join.

Tomorrow at 12pm PT: Rachel Radway on recovering from (and preventing) burnout. 🗣

Neurodivergent burnout hits deeper and lasts longer than most people — including healthcare providers — think.

Rachel brings 25+ years of leadership experience and a clinician's understanding of why ND minds break differently — and what actually helps.

Free. Captions on. Replay to all registrants.

ND Vintage Clothing Meetup. 🌿

Saturday, May 23 · 1222 SE Yamhill, Portland, OR · afternoon · drop in anytime

For ND'ers, creatives, vintage lovers — and friends.

Bring pieces to swap or just come to look. Stay 20 minutes or stay the whole afternoon. No agenda. No mandatory mingling. No pressure to share.

Squirrel Space is hosting loosely. We'll have hangers, tags, and a quiet corner. You bring whatever you bring.

Family-friendly. Drop-in. Fragrance-light. Free.