Art. Advocacy. Access. Awareness.

Art. Advocacy. Access. Awareness.

A young man with a wide smile, wearing a cowboy hat, a red Under Armour T-shirt, and a gold chain, sitting indoors at a table with gym equipment in the background.

Austin Reynolds-The Caged Cardinal

The Caged Cardinal Co. helps people, businesses, and communities with direction to design for dignity—through disability awareness, inclusive visuals, and AI that actually helps humans.

After a spinal cord injury left me a C5 quadriplegic, I rebuilt my life through art, writing, and technology.

The Caged Cardinal is my creative studio and advocacy platform — a place where disability awareness, design, and automation meet.

Every workshop, painting, and AI workflow I build carries one purpose: to help others see that accessibility isn’t a limitation — it’s a form of creativity.

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Read My Story

“It all begins with an idea. Where creativity and accessibility intersect — empowering individuals and organizations to see disability differently and design for everyone.”

A stylized painting of a red cardinal bird flying above an outline of a house, with a swirling yellow and orange background.
Digital illustration of a cardinal bird perched on a branch that resembles a circuit board, with a birdcage in the background and colorful abstract waves and a sunburst.

My Services

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Disability Awareness Training & Workshops

Lunch-and-learns and leadership workshops shaped by lived experience. Clear language. Real stories. Action you can actually do tomorrow.

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AI Integration & Prompt Consulting

Translate buzzwords into better workflows. I design prompts, automations, and ethical guardrails so your team saves time without losing soul.

Build a workflow
An artist working on digital artwork of a cardinal bird on a drawing tablet, with a framed print of the same bird hanging on the wall behind, and art supplies on the desk.

Digital Art & Commissioned Pieces

Pieces born from recovery and stubborn hope—prints and commissions for homes, hospitals, offices, and brands.

Browse Art
A traditional tattoo-style illustration featuring a red cardinal bird perched on a rose, with a black and gold cage behind it, an hourglass, and a fountain pen amidst decorative leaves and red berries.

Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.” — Chuck Close, quadriplegic painter continuing a prolific career after spinal artery collapse in 1988.

A park with a small river or canal, surrounded by trees with lush green foliage. There is a concrete patio area with a railing at the edge of the water, and a bridge crossing over the water in the background. The sky is partly cloudy with white fluffy clouds.

I don’t miss walking. I miss momentum—so I manufacture it.” — Austin Reynolds, The Caged Cardinal

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