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20 Feb 2013, 8:09 am

I personally hate it, and I'm a NT.

At best it means the ASD person is the odd person out, and worse, if we could find that one "puzzle piece", you'd all be cured.

Groups that use the puzzle piece are parent centered, and adult Aspie needs are an after thought at best.

Just another piece of funding raising junk.



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20 Feb 2013, 8:22 pm

The problem with the jigsaw piece symbol is also a problem with many other symbols; an unclear definition of its meaning. Especially when the symbol is used often, a number of different interpretations start to sprout up from different sources, each one more detached from the original meaning than the last. An effective symbol, in my eyes, would be both descriptive of and specific to its own meaning and couldn't be easily misinterpreted. This is something that the jigsaw piece fails to do effectively.

However, what can replace it? I like the idea of representing the varied and individual nature of autism, but dislike the implication that there's something missing. I'll probably end up thinking about this for the rest of the day.


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23 Feb 2013, 10:24 pm

Maybe they ran out of colors...so many causes these days.



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18 Apr 2013, 1:13 am

Moriel wrote:
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But then again, Down syndrome's symbol is an abnormal foot, i think for some reason symbols are adopted from a NT-centric perspective.


True I think the jigsaw means that "Normal People" are trying to understand us like a jigsaw and that for them when (or if) they succeed it's like solving a puzzle.



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19 Apr 2013, 12:48 pm

I'm more offended by Autism Speaks and what they do with all that money they get than by that silly image.


Autism Speaks Don't Speak For Me - link


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19 Apr 2013, 4:02 pm

reesefournier wrote:
Maybe they ran out of colors...so many causes these days.

Is not the colour blue?



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19 Apr 2013, 11:45 pm

A puzzle makes sense, it is like a broken image that needs to put back together piece by piece.

We are broken people who need to be fixed and put back together.



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19 Apr 2013, 11:50 pm

DVCal wrote:
A puzzle makes sense, it is like a broken image that needs to put back together piece by piece.

We are broken people who need to be fixed and put back together.


What do you mean "we"?



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20 Apr 2013, 12:01 am

Verdandi wrote:
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A puzzle makes sense, it is like a broken image that needs to put back together piece by piece.

We are broken people who need to be fixed and put back together.


What do you mean "we"?


People on the spectrum who feel the same way as I do.



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20 Apr 2013, 7:04 pm

Actually, I like the symbol. To me, the piece is a piece of us. Might be a major piece, or might be a minor piece. It is not the total of who we are, but just a piece of who we are.


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20 Apr 2013, 7:25 pm

DVCal wrote:
Verdandi wrote:
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A puzzle makes sense, it is like a broken image that needs to put back together piece by piece.

We are broken people who need to be fixed and put back together.


What do you mean "we"?


People on the spectrum who feel the same way as I do.


And how about us who don't feel that we're broken or that we need to be fixed. like myself for example. I'm happy with my autism and I celebrate it every day. :)


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20 Apr 2013, 9:07 pm

DVCal wrote:
Verdandi wrote:
DVCal wrote:
A puzzle makes sense, it is like a broken image that needs to put back together piece by piece.

We are broken people who need to be fixed and put back together.


What do you mean "we"?


People on the spectrum who feel the same way as I do.


Didn't you post in a different thread that people who do not feel the same way as you do are delusional?



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20 Apr 2013, 9:58 pm

Verdandi wrote:
DVCal wrote:
Verdandi wrote:
DVCal wrote:
A puzzle makes sense, it is like a broken image that needs to put back together piece by piece.

We are broken people who need to be fixed and put back together.


What do you mean "we"?


People on the spectrum who feel the same way as I do.


Didn't you post in a different thread that people who do not feel the same way as you do are delusional?


Yes, while that is my opinion. I know some here like you are offended by it, so I tried to limit it this time.



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21 Apr 2013, 3:59 pm

I don't know. I know people get them tattooed and it can mean a mysterious side of the person or just because they wanted it done. Symbols don't always mean one thing and to each person that meaning can change. In my country, having runes tattooed makes people think you are into Far Right views, but pagans get them done to represent their beliefs as pagans.



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22 Apr 2013, 8:09 am

The symbol is bit "meh". The red, blue and yellow scheme is hideous 8O



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22 Apr 2013, 3:23 pm

I think that it is offensive that there must be a specific symbol for autism. You don't see one for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or a bunch of other worse stuff. Why single us out? Some of us can pass off as normal.