Mindfully Divergent and the Future of Autistic Community

Cultivating the Rhizome

When I write about rhizomatic Autistic communities, I am describing something that resists hierarchy and linearity. A rhizome spreads underground, non-centralised, interconnected, and adaptive. Each node of the rhizome holds its own strength and autonomy, yet remains woven into a larger living network. There is no single trunk or root of authority; inst…