There still seems to be some confusion by players as to what exactly Autcraft is and who it is that we're letting in and who we're not.

Let me say straight away, Autcraft has never ever been "autism only."

There seems to be this rumour going around that Autcraft is now letting in people that do not have autism and that it's going to ruin the server. The thing is, from the very first day, we've encouraged those children that have friends they like playing with to have their friends join in as well. Those friends still have to fill in a whitelist application and you are responsible for your friends but they can play too. We want players to be happy, comfortable and having fun and if they want to play with their friends to do that, we encourage it.

And of course, as everyone knows, we also allow family to play whether they're parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins... it doesn't matter. Again, it's all about playing with those you are comfortable with.

On top of that, we've made no secrets about having journalists on, researchers, therapists, instructors and other people that have joined in. We have some people that run groups, camps or classes and they join so that the children they have visiting them can play.

The very first Facebook post I had ever made to announce the opening of the server, on June 23, 2013 says "My latest project... AutCraft, a Minecraft server just for children with autism and their families. Well, other children are welcome too. :)"

I've included a screen shot of it below.

It has never been our intention to seclude autistic children away from the rest of the world. This is not a server of isolation and segregation. We don't want to lock you away from the rest of the world.

Our mission is to keep out the trolls, haters and bullies... that's it. It's a "safe haven", as some people call it, not an exclusive club.

If you came here expecting to find a server where only autistics would ever be accepted, I'm sorry, you were given the wrong impression.

However, that being said, we also do not accept whitelist applications from totally random, non autism related people either. If someone comes to us because they just want to help, they just want somewhere that's nice or if they just want to check it out, we do reject their application.

We only accept players if they:

When PSJ visited the server, I answered over 500 emails a day and at most, maybe 40 of them came from actual autistics. The rest were denied.

Again, Autcraft is not and has never been, from day one, an autism only server. It's a server to allow autistics to feel safe from bullies and judgment. That's it.

I hope that clears up any misconceptions.