The 'Puzzle Piece' autism spectrum symbol designs (such as the ribbon) are thought of by many autistic people as inappropriate.
I do not have a 'piece missing', neither am I waiting to be solved. I am me, with all my faults and attributes, but I am autistic.
So I was musing about a different design to indicate the Autism Spectrum. There have been various 'spectrum' designs in the past - two which spring to mind are the 'Captain Scarlet' Spectrum organisation, and the Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon desgn.
I think the design of either of these could be adapted. The Captain Scarlet one could have the Yellow 'S' adapted by removing the top bit, putting it into mirror image and then making the bottom bit into an 'A' for Autism (perhaps even putting the letters in the curvy bit.
The dark side of the moon could also be adapted, the Prism being changed to an 'A', indicating that from the 'white light' of everyone, there are a whole spectrum of people which make the whole. I know there are copyright problems so they would have to be used as ideas only, and I know there are other ideas.
I particularly like the version below, just change the prism to an 'A' by extending the sides a bit and it is done!:
My main point is that I think there are many better ideas for a design to indicate a Spectrum, without something which some think of as offensive.
Has anyone got any ideas. I will get the 'Captain Scarlet' design done how I am envisaging it, as I am not sure I am explaining it well, but as a circle it lends itself to a badge!
I look forward to any comments about this.
