Diverge Community for Neurodivergent Adults

Diverge Community for Neurodivergent Adults Community, in-home, and telehealth services to support unmet needs of the adult neurodivergent community

06/17/2026

Booth update! Actually not pictured here since this video is from last week but 10 more mystery books were added today with fun wrapping!
Remember all proceeds go towards our scholarship fund that has been helping several individuals recieve services.

06/16/2026

There was a time when I thought productivity had to look busy.

But some of my best thinking, regulating, and problem-solving happens right here.

Gardening gives my brain a chance to slow down, my body a chance to move, and my nervous system a chance to reset. There are no urgent emails, no notifications, and no pressure to do it perfectly. Just sunshine, dirt, and watching something grow a little at a time.

A reminder that rest doesn't always mean doing nothing. Sometimes it looks like tending to the things that help you grow too.

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06/15/2026

Spent some time putting together a batch of LGBTQ+ mystery blind dates with a book for the scholarship booth.

One of my favorite things about books is the chance to experience lives, perspectives, and stories that may be different from our own (or to finally see pieces of ourselves reflected in a character). These are wrapped and ready for anyone looking to discover a new favorite read while supporting a good cause.

You'll find these at our booth at Town Peddler, where all proceeds go toward the Diverge Scholarship Fund to help increase access to neurodiversity affirming services for individuals who may otherwise be unable to access support.

Now the real question: if you picked one up, would you unwrap it immediately or save the surprise until you got home?

06/13/2026

Every time I find a beautiful special edition book, I have the same internal debate:

Do I keep it for my own shelves, or do I add it to one of our Mystery Blind Date with a Book packages for the Diverge Scholarship Fund?

As a book lover, it's hard to let some of these go. But I also know that every purchase from our scholarship booth helps make neurodiversity affirming therapy services more accessible for individuals who may otherwise face barriers to care.

So there I was, wandering the bookstore, trying to convince myself that I definitely don't need another book...

If you're local and want to support the scholarship fund (or just love the thrill of a surprise read), you can find our Mystery Blind Date with a Book selections at our booth at the Town Peddler Crafts & Antiques Every purchase helps support the Diverge Scholarship Fund and expand access to services for our community.

Now be honest, if you found a gorgeous FairyLoot edition, would you keep it or donate it to the blind date collection?

06/11/2026

This little sticker carries a message we wish more people had heard growing up: There is nothing wrong with the way your brain experiences the world. You deserve support. You deserve accommodations. You deserve community. And most importantly, you deserve to exist without apology. Embrace your brain.

06/09/2026

At Diverge, we recognize something many people in our community already know firsthand: there is a significant overlap between neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ identities.

For many individuals, exploring who they are includes both understanding their neurotype and embracing their gender identity, sexuality, or both. These experiences are not the same, but they often intersect in meaningful ways. Research consistently shows that neurodivergent individuals are more likely to identify as LGBTQIA+ than their neurotypical peers.

This Pride season, you'll find us handing out body glitter and fidgets because support shouldn't only happen in therapy sessions, but because everyone deserves spaces where they can show up as their full selves.

At Diverge, we are committed to supporting both our clients and our clinicians in bringing their authentic identities to the table. We believe that diversity in brains, identities, experiences, and ways of being makes our community stronger.

Happy Pride from all of us at Diverge. Shine brightly, stim freely, and know that you belong exactly as you are.

06/07/2026

Research consistently shows that neurodivergent individuals are significantly more likely to identify as LGBTQ+ than their neurotypical peers. While these identities are distinct, many people live at their intersection.

Both communities know what it feels like to grow up receiving messages that there is a "right" way to think, communicate, connect, love, or exist. Many of us learn to mask parts of ourselves to gain acceptance, safety, or belonging. We become experts at monitoring ourselves, changing ourselves, and apologizing for parts of ourselves that were never wrong to begin with.
Perhaps that is why Pride resonates so deeply with so many neurodivergent people. At its core, Pride is not about demanding special treatment. It is about refusing to apologize for existing authentically. It is the belief that difference does not require correction, concealment, or shame.

Whether that difference is how your brain works, who you love, how you experience gender, or all of the above, the goal is the same: to stop treating authenticity as something that requires an apology.
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06/02/2026

At this point I just have apps and running documents so that I don't have to do a 3 hour intake.

05/26/2026

There’s a reason so many neurodivergent and chronically overwhelmed nervous systems gravitate toward animals. Coregulation is real.

Dogs don’t ask us to mask before they offer comfort. They ground us through rhythm, pressure, movement, routine, and presence. A hand resting on fur, the weight of a head in your lap, the familiar sound of paws following you room to room,these moments can help support regulation in ways words sometimes cannot.

As an OT, I talk often about how our nervous systems are shaped in relationship with the world around us. Sometimes healing and safety look like sensory strategies, movement, or accommodations. Sometimes it looks like sitting quietly beside the ones who taught your body what safe connection felt like.

One of these dogs was my soul dog, and although he passed over a year ago, I still carry the regulation, comfort, and unconditional connection he gave me every day. Nervous systems remember love like that.

OT reminder: co-regulation is not “just emotional.” It is physical, sensory, neurological, and deeply human.

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