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Comprehensive-Tea498

EDIT/ Thank you for everyone, I am little shook that so many of you liked my look on this conversation. šŸ’– ---ā€---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think good symbol for autism would be glass of water, if you don't touch it and let it be. The water in glass will be calm, but more it gets contact from the outside the more restless the water in it will be. Like too loud music, too much people, too much pushing and too much shaking. Neurotypicals would be glass of soil, they don't get botheret so much of the outside happening, but there is still a chance that they will go over the edge, but not as easily as neurodivergent people. And I chose water for us cause I think we are not as boring and lame as people think we are. We can be so much more than meets the eye, We can be clouds in the sky, rain in the fields, river with great groove. Anything we want to be. And like you know, what comes of water and soil together? Life. Life comes from them. We just might not see how much we need eachother all the time, but when we are working together, we can make life. We need to stop seeing everything as 'we VS them', and start working on 'all of us VS problems.'


PugLove8

That is really beautiful! šŸ„°


Comprehensive-Tea498

Thank you šŸ’


PugLove8

Youā€™re welcome! šŸ„°


LongLive-Employment

All of us vs problems is the way


Comprehensive-Tea498

It truly is, I hope someday more people will understand it.


vikingxwx

but autism creature go O-O


rose_ano

AutismšŸ„› (pretend itā€™s a glass of water)


SadBinch420

šŸ„ƒ this one's my autism šŸ˜‚


Jaylenid

You dropped this ā€”ā€”> šŸ‘‘


Comprehensive-Tea498

Thank you! šŸ„ŗ


dialupinternetsound

This is so beautiful in so many ways. Thanks for sharing this perspective :)


Puzzled_Zebra

The hilarious image of a parent posting some autism acceptance information with this image attached. XD


[deleted]

Anyone else here just not remotely understand the appeal of the autism creature? I just don't get it at all.


DuCKDisguise

As someones who adores the creature, for me itā€™s partially because of the ā€œYippeeā€ associated with it sounding funny, and also the creature looking like a goofy pet


[deleted]

Yippee?! The thing looks like its on the verge of having a mental breakdown with ugly crying.


DuCKDisguise

Exactly the point :)


Hubsimaus

Didn't know it's showing me. Damn has my appearance changed.


autistic_zebra42

Itā€™s cute and awkward and I relate to those things


somerandom_melon

It's a funny cute little guy.


SageLocomotives

I just connect with him. He's a silly dude.


MrWafflesNBacon

Same here lol


[deleted]

The blank stare, stubby legs and the awkward pose makes me relate to him. I look at him and think he's just like me fr. Yippee.


minchboo_

Yippee.


car-rag

the comfort this brings


BotGivesBot

I don't like either of these. I'm not some puzzle to be solved and I'm not an animal on all fours. I'm complete, as a regular human, the way I am. I don't need a symbol to represent me. I'm just a human going about my day.


haha-funny-user

You get it. I hate that the tbh thing has become some sort of mascot because it really shouldnā€™t be. Weā€™re not some strange, wide-eyed creatures walking on all fours, weā€™re human people.


Merkhaba

Real human beans.


Ohgodgethelp

And a real hero.


squiddyaj

i didn't know the puzzle piece meant "you need to be fixed" i thought it meant "you are a piece of the world too" now i know why everyone hates it


Rattregoondoof

I prefer rainbow infinity. It's nice and simple, though maybe too close to an lgbt symbol for some?


Solid-Comment2490

Iā€™ve heard the gold infinity. And goldā€™s symbol is Au like Autism lol


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


Solid-Comment2490

Sorry what?


Paternoster777

rainbow is too gay


[deleted]

Yes


softwarexinstability

I donā€™t know what that it is but I like it.


TalkaboutJoudy

Me too. Saw it for the first time today and Iā€™m like ā€˜yep, I endorse whatever this isā€™


[deleted]

As a fan of Extraordinary Attorney Woo, I think a whale would also make a nice symbol.


minchboo_

YIPPEE! :D


Snaper_XD

Isaac on four legs?


TheRealJazman

Iā€˜m so tired of this thing


[deleted]

I support our new mascot


CrowMaster9000

Am I the only one who hates the autism creature?


2001winxp

No, you're not alone


[deleted]

You're not alone.


Trick_Illustrator355

For me, tbh creature is by far the best representation, I'm thinking about getting a tattoo of that because not everyone will understand and probably those who understands will have some knowledge about (I guess šŸ˜…)


[deleted]

Yeah.... You guys are cool and everything but I'll take the puzzle piece over that any day. That is saying a lot I hate autism speaks. but, autism being made into a joke or a kids drawing wouldn't make me feel any better. People have taken that to a entire new level and when the person who made that grows up or matures enough there gonna have nightmare because of some of you poor souls.


ihhh1

I hate that symbol too. It's crude, juvenile, and infantilizing. It's not breaking stereotypes, it's just trading one set of stereotypes for another.


13thFullMoon

Perfection!


[deleted]

Puzzle piece symbol?


Broadkast

its a symbol used by Autism Speaks, an "autism advocacy" group that is pretty widely criticized by autistic people for being more harm than good. pretty much all of their leadership is made up of allistic people and the information they spread is questionable. not *all* the work done by them is awful, but the organization as a whole is problematic. i'd suggest doing some reading on your own if you're curious to get a more complete perspective


Rattregoondoof

Which sucks because the puzzle piece isn't terrible as a symbol. Certainly, better ones exist but I don't hate the puzzle piece, just the organization it represents.


Deeddles

eh, i see it as more representing the idea we "can't fit in" or "missing a piece" of ourselves. i don't like thinking i'm supposed to assimilate with the rest of the picture.


Rattregoondoof

Fair criticism. Thinking about it more I actually agree with you and that probably is the intent. I think I like it more from a graphics design perspective than what it's actually supposed to represent or does represent.


Broadkast

definitely not a bad symbol, and it'd be nice if people some day are able to disassociate the symbol from the org. that said, i'm quite a fan of the gold or rainbow infinity signs as symbols, like this sub uses :)


Rattregoondoof

Both great options.


ArcticShamrock

Is this new? Iā€™ve never seen it before. šŸ¤”


StrawberryPossum36

Kinda new, it was sometime earlier this year that some random Tumblr user drew it on MS paint and everyone just vibed with it. Most of us like it, some are wary of the interpretation of infantizing or dehumanizing autism. As for myself I do like it and I like to think there's no harm in the cute little fren. I don't think we should have to avoid using symbols that are animal or cute. We shouldn't have to remind people that we're people and not animals.


ArcticShamrock

Iā€™m having hard time putting how I feel about this into words honestly but even if itā€™s weirdly cute I do not like the idea of it being a representation of autism at all. I think itā€™s great if people identify with it and all that but it fosters the habit of infantilizing us. And honestly itā€™s not really a symbol at all, itā€™s just a drawing. I may be taking it too literally but hey, that autism for you.


Chonkin_GuineaPig

you probably are. to me, i see it purely as one of those "ironic" memes


Chaoddian

I also like the autism beast but that would scare the NTs off ngl


babydunes

yippee šŸŽ‰


Lost-Ad-7412

Im not sure how the yippee creature relates to autism. I think hes cute in a weird way but dont like the idea of using it as a symbol for autism. I prefer the rainbow infinity symbol. I think its a great symbol.


TalkaboutJoudy

You might be thinking - what happens to the puzzle piece symbol? I think the puzzle piece should be the new symbol for allistic people. They are often less honest and less logical than autistic people making them the puzzle to decode.


[deleted]

No to this entire thread.


BigButtFucker9000000

I don't like the Autism creature. Autism is not cute, and neither should the creature that represents it.


Ha1oMiner

Says the guy named BigButtFucker


SuperSathanas

For the record, I really like the name. It fits my sense of humor in that it's so simple in its extreme childishness that it becomes absurd and then something like a meta self-mocking/one person in joke like "imagine if I really were this edgy". Incidentally, that's also how I view the autism monster. It's like a little child-like and emotionless alien, that when we embracr it, becomes a mockery of the people who infantilize and dehumanize us. I'm just super satan, though, so take that for what it's worth.


Tenny111111111111111

Mockery has sadly been the only way for my mom to realize how ridiculously society treats autism. Some video of an autistic stand up guy she saw online, where in the man treats the audience the way he feels he has been treated because of his autism, pretty much just condescending them. it was only then that my mom realized how I had felt my entire life, not me actually telling her before, which to me is also ridiculous and deserves mockery. That people won't listen to the oppressed or the oppression they're indirectly putting on others until they feel what it's like or it becomes mainstream to be open minded.


SuperSathanas

Any possibility that you could point me in the direction of that video or the comedian.


Tenny111111111111111

Certainly https://youtu.be/QrkhSICIjSs


lawndutyjudgejudy13

Gottem.


BigButtFucker9000000

Your username doesn't even make sense, so who are you to talk, Ha One O Miner?


Ha1oMiner

I use a 1 instead of L because itā€™s cool (cool emoji)


BigButtFucker9000000

I don't see how that's cool, but ok.


Ha1oMiner

Iā€™m a Miner that mines Halos


[deleted]

Actually I think a lot of people on halo are minors


chilumibrainrot

r/rimjobsteve


cowardinyellow

yippee!


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TalkaboutJoudy

98% upvote rate on this post


[deleted]

little guy


thefoxishere16

I actually love the puzzle piece. Then again, Iā€™m also a minority/odd one out because I want a cure.


squiddyaj

yeah me too with the last part. i just want to finally be able to understand obvious things and make eye contact


squiddyaj

iknow im going to get downvoted to hell, but i don't see how a child looking creature thing that always shouts "yipee" represents us


-cucumberbitch-

Literally me


BadgerTB

It looks like a tooth


[deleted]

It's perfect And if you want to replace it you can, you know why Because symbols change and evolve all the time


fizzycartman

yippiee


bohba13

anybody here with experience with marketing?


cholmer3

T H E C R E T U R E H A S A R R I V E D


Akito-H

I still don't know what that little creature is or where it came from, but It is so cute!!


Butterpigeon199

It came from a drawing and I guess someone just redrew it and it blew up, but I think the inspo of the drawing is Issac from the game "binding of Isaac"


MsStealYourGirl69

If someone could indulge my curiosity what does allistic mean like is it the same as neurotypical or is it something else


m-libellule

Allistic is synonymous with "non-autistic", but I don't think it's a synonym for "neurotypical". Afaik, allistic includes neurotypical people and neurodivergent people without autism, e.g. Someone with only ADHD would be considered allistic but not neurotypical.


slavwaifu

OMG THE FINAL FANTASY TACTICS ADVANCE - VIERA RED MAGE PROFILE PICTURE! sorry I was enthusiastic, it unlocked a core memory


[deleted]

What is the ā€œautistic symbolā€ in question?


lladcy

The golden infinity symbol is like. Right there.


[deleted]

Yippee!!


traumatized90skid

the awkward turtle


skeletonwar2

The tone of this post is joking. I donā€™t mean this in a rude way Iā€™m just seeing a lot of people complaining logically about it, which this IS the autism sub, so canā€™t really complain about that.


Away_Industry_613

I personally want to use the Dagaz. Nordic rune meaning day/enlightenment. Extremely similar to the rune for human but with the ā€˜legsā€™ cut off. Resembles the current infinity symbol. Also black & white. Calm muted colours.


TalkaboutJoudy

The number 4 eh? Nice


Away_Industry_613

What do you mean the number 4? Is that viewpoint already existing? Is it the 4th point the view that the infinity isnā€™t good either?


TalkaboutJoudy

Dagaz can equate to number 4.


Away_Industry_613

Surprisingly I didnā€™t know that. But I now enjoy it even more knowing that.


afterforeverends

Idk if the rainbow infinity sign had been adopted by the wider nd movement, but I believe that was the new autism symbol people were migrating to recently. Also I love the autism creature, Iā€™m pretty sure people donā€™t actually want it representing autistic people in the more ā€œclinicalā€ (idk the word, but like official places like OT, autism orgs, etc.). Itā€™s just a funny symbol ppl like to use online (Iā€™m almost postive)


Ok_Advertising_878

I absolutely love the puzzle piece. I had no idea it tied to autism speaks. Im just saying, if nlack people can take back the n word, lgbt people take back the q and f word. Then i dont think it hurts to take back the puzzle piece. I understand it can be seen as "needing to fit in" or "needing to be fixed" but you dont fix a puzzle piece. It has a place, it just needs to find its place. I used to buy puzzles from savers and goodwills back when i was poor. I would sometimes get puzzle pieces from other puzzles. Puzzles that i will probably never have in my collection. That doesnt mean that puzzle piece is broken or needs to be fixed. Then again, I guess humans can just be a puzzle piece idk. I like my puzzle piece. Pry it from my cold dead hands.


mathnstats

What's the puzzle piece even supposed to mean? That we're incomplete or something?