Except my Anti-puzzle graphics for protesting Autism Speaks and other organizations.
However, I wanted an autism awareness ribbon that anti-puzzle autistics and other community members could display and use. So I made one, using the concept of my Neurodiversity infinity mobius and the spectrum part of Autism Spectrum.
[Edit April 2, 2013]
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Hai Corina,
ReplyDeleteFirst, very nice ribbon. Now about the puzzle. Puzzling is what we do, with every breath we take.
A puzzle is what we are to people withou autism.
So, the puzzle is allright, but boring. I think also that when we take the arches from McDonalds people get confused, so it is with the puzzle logo. Tip!! take the theme and simplify it.
Hi Rob,
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that a lot of the times it comes to mean that there are 'pieces' missing from us, and that suggests that we are less than whole, and thus less than human. This fosters negative stigma towards autistics, and promotes an ideology that because we are less than human, we do not require the same rights and freedoms as "real" humans. Which in turn, justifies abuses and human rights violations, neglect and murder towards autistics.
Not to mention fosters a reluctance on the part of service providers to meet the needs of autistic individuals.
And yes, I've considered modifying the puzzle theme to be something less offensive, but the underlying attitudes in the puzzle piece still remains. Hence why I refuse to use it, and work on the theme of the wider autism spectrum.
This blog and my mission, after all, is to eliminate negative stigma and stereotypes.
I avoid anything with puzzle pieces too for exactly these reasons.
ReplyDeleteI've displayed your ribbon on my blog with a link. I'd never thought about the 'having a piece missing' interpretation of the puzzle piece ribbon, so thanks for the explanation.
ReplyDeleteMy friend Rachel feels the same way as you. She has created a response too: http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2010/08/24/on-puzzles-privilege-and-missing-pronouns/
ReplyDelete-Isabel
I never thought about it as that way....that we have a piece missing. I always thought it was more about how our minds work. Puzzling over things and solving things...I wonder if they meant it in an offensive way...
ReplyDeleteI don't have the examples on hand right now, but if you look at the history of how the symbol has been used, it was devised by parents and professionals to reflect "the puzzling nature of autism", complete with images of children with puzzle pieces missing from their head.
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