FAQ

Divershines is an online platform and marketplace offering neurodiverse individuals, families, and stakeholders’ informative content and resources for living empowered.

We currently offer advice and highly selective recommendations on helpful products, with an upcoming specialized ecommerce shop planned for the near future solely selling our own curated items made from and/or for ND people, supporting new entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Our content, resources, and offerings currently focus on supporting autistic individuals, but in the near future we want to cover individuals with ADHD, dyslexia, Down Syndrome and more neurodiverse profiles.

We praise and endorse items based on merit and transformational impact to counterbalance an overly commercial landscape – affiliations often stem from authentic benefit to community.

Alongside product recommendations, a key pillar of our platform is sharing interviews, personal stories and editorial coverage on navigating life across relationships, workplace discrimination, parenting, anxiety – through the ethos of empowerment and compassion over “curing”. Also, we recommend services, websites and companies that help ND’s people on their journey in different stages of life.

We welcome dialog around spotlighting items and lived experiences proven to enact tangible change! Please reach out at info@divershines.com with “Submission” in the subject line and we’ll discuss.

We welcome dialog from mission-driven companies developing solutions that enact real change. To discuss review options, please email info@divershines.com with “Product Submission” and our team will explore potential fits.

Absolutely! We actively seek authentic stories and advice from real members navigating life across the spectrum. If you feel called to uplift others through your writing, please email info@divershines.com with “Story Submission” to get started!

We believe in the power of unity and are building an insider community of co-advocates! If volunteering your time and talents feels aligned to further inclusion, please drop us a line at info@divershines.com with “Contributor” in the subject line.

Founded in Miami in 2023, we currently plan on selling products for US audiences given regulation nuances. However, our content and blog at divershines.com is borderless insight for global discourse!

The platform was founded by Patricia Ibarra and Joylin Trechi – neurodivergent advocates, business owners and entrepreneurs seeking to uplift and empower. Find more information on “about us” section.

If facing any mental health or emotional emergency related to neurodivergent challenges, the Disaster Distress Helpline offers 24/7 support at 1-800-985-5990 with trained counselors as a free, confidential crisis hotline. You’re not alone.