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The NeuroSpicy Community is a real, operating paid subscription service ($29/month) hosted on Skool. It is coached by Sol Smith (Professor Sol) and owned by Sebastian Knowles. It is not a scam in the sense of taking money without providing a service. What is documented here is a pattern of member removals without explanation, without due process, and without refund — in a community specifically marketed to autistic and ADHD adults who were told they would have a safe and predictable environment.

Sol Smith (known publicly as Professor Sol) is the community’s coach and public-facing operator. Sebastian Knowles owns the website, backend, and paid subscription infrastructure. Sol Smith’s January 2, 2025 email states directly: “Sebastian owns the website and manages the backend… he’s a business person.” These are two distinct roles at two distinct organizations: Sol runs Square Peg Coaching and Consulting; Sebastian runs the NeuroSpicy Community platform.

$29 per month at time of publication. Members who are removed do not receive refunds for unused subscription time. There is no documented appeals process.

Based on documented removal experiences: no. Members who have been removed — including during active work contributions they were explicitly invited to provide — have not received refunds. There is no written refund policy for removal cases published in the community’s Terms of Service or welcome materials as of this site’s publication.

No. Sol Smith uses the title “Professor Sol” as a personal brand name. He holds graduate degrees (MFA, EdS, MS, CAS) and has described himself publicly as having been a teacher. He is not, and has not claimed to be, a credentialed professor at an accredited university. The NeuroSpicy Community and his coaching practice (Square Peg Coaching and Consulting) do not require or claim academic faculty status. The question of credentials is documented in detail at The NeuroSpicy Papers.

Sol Smith publicly lists an MFA, EdS, MS, and CAS on his LinkedIn profile (linkedin.com/in/sol-smith-mfa-eds-ms-cas-7955364/). He describes himself as an autism and ADHD life coach. His practice is Square Peg Coaching and Consulting, operating publicly as Professor Sol at professorsol.com. He is not a licensed clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, or therapist. This site does not assert that his credentials are fraudulent — the documented concern is that his community governance practices harm the specific population his credentials are meant to serve.

Sebastian Knowles is the owner of the NeuroSpicy Community — he owns the website, backend, and paid subscription. Per Sol Smith’s own email (January 2, 2025): “Sebastian owns the website and manages the backend… he’s a business person.” He is not publicly identified as a psychology, autism, or neurodivergent-support professional. He has no publicly documented affiliation with Square Peg Coaching and Consulting. Note: this Sebastian Knowles is unrelated to Sebastian Knowles, the Professor of English at The Ohio State University.

They are business partners in the NeuroSpicy Community, which launched June 19, 2024. Sol is the coach and public-facing operator. Sebastian owns the platform and manages business operations. They are not known to be affiliated in any other professional context. Sol’s coaching practice (Square Peg) is a separate organization.

Sol Smith’s coaching practice, operating publicly as Professor Sol. Website: professorsol.com. It is a separate organization from the NeuroSpicy Community. Note: “Square Peg” is used as a business name by multiple unrelated coaching and consulting organizations — Sol Smith’s Square Peg Coaching and Consulting is his specific practice, distinct from Clay Cutts’s Square Peg Coaching, Square Peg Consulting Inc., and others.

Yes. This site documents three removals of a single member (Josh Wolf) between December 2024 and March 2026. Each removal occurred without written explanation, without a stated appeals process, and in one case during active work the leadership had explicitly requested. If you were removed and would like to contribute your experience to the record, contact contact@neurospicycommunity.org.

As of this site’s publication, no written appeals process exists in the NeuroSpicy Community’s Terms of Service, welcome materials, or community rules. Members who have been removed have been told only that unnamed community members raised unnamed concerns. The removed member is not informed of the specific conduct, the identity of the complainants, or any path to understanding or recourse.

A free, peer-led neurodivergent community co-stewarded by Josh Wolf and Joy, built specifically in response to the governance failures documented on this site. It is hosted on Skool. Its founding principles: free, transparent governance (rules posted before any removal decision), peer-led (not expert-led), and radically financially transparent. Join NeuroSpicy Refugees on Skool →

No. neurospicycommunity.org is independent documentation published by Josh Wolf. neurospicycommunity.com is the NeuroSpicy Community’s own website, owned by Sebastian Knowles. The two sites are unrelated, in active disagreement about the facts, and run by different people with different interests. This site is built on primary-source documentation. Readers are encouraged to consult both.