“I want to emphasise that as neurodiverse people, we have the power to campaign for better services and lead by example in the work we do, teaching our peers about the importance of just listening and being more aware.”

"I worry for when the day comes that either I'm hurt or unwell enough not to be able to self-advocate, or where my parent or partner isn't with me to translate. I don't know how I can get that across to a doctor who doesn't understand autism.”

“What I want, as an autistic person, is to be believed, understood and to be given information without a condescending tone. I would like to be provided help instead of diluting the issue I may have and rephrasing it as if I was a child.”

“I have had medical professionals mistake my autistic shutdown - due to a traumatic medical procedure and lack of adequate sedation - as being sedated which has left me with medical trauma.”