Access and Belonging Statement

The Functional Neurological Disorder Society (FNDS) is an international mission-oriented, action-based society that honors diversity, advances equity and inclusion, and fosters a sense of belonging and trust among its members. We recognize, respect, and celebrate differences in culture, background, and experience worldwide. We accept our moral and ethical responsibility to contribute to an inclusive culture and insist that members show each other respect. We disapprove of discrimination, racism, intolerance, and indifference of any kind that threatens to separate us from the overall goal of the Society’s mission and objectives. Because we strive for our values to be visibly woven into the foundation of FNDS, we focus on establishing an operational structure to support, cultivate, and promote access and belonging with an aim to advance research, education, awareness, advocacy, the meaningful exchange of ideas, and collaboration.