Autism is real.
Autistic is an identity.
Difference is not deficit.
We reject neuronormativity.
We reject charity logic.
We reject compliance as value.
Autistic bodies and minds have needs —
human needs, not “special needs.”
Autistic ways of thinking are valid,
not mistakes to be corrected.
Autistic locomotion is real movement.
Autistic communication is real communication.
Autistic affect is real affect.
Autistic regulation is not laziness.
Autistic sensory experience is not choice.
Autism is not a single profile —
it is plural and vivid.
Spiky profiles are normal.
Monotropism is a way of attention,
not a flaw.
Stimming is self-regulation,
not disruption.
Masking is survival,
not authenticity.
We want dignity, not disguise.
We want access, not compliance.
We want Cavendish Space —
places that hold our rhythms,
not punish our presence.
Caves for regulation.
Campfires for meaning.
Watering holes for connection.
Lily pads for transition.
We learn in patterns, not tests.
Learning is not linear.
Education is not punishment.
Epistemic justice matters.
We are not deficits to fix.
We are humans with sensory and cognitive difference.
Authenticity is our purest freedom.
We survive with interdependence.
We thrive in mutual aid.
Autistic voices must lead.
Autistic experience is evidence.
Design for edges is design for all.
Neurodiversity is not theory.
It is lived reality.
Embrace difference.
Build access.
Dignity is non-negotiable.
We are here.
We build worlds.
We keep making space for every mind.
