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anbuend
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07 Jul 2005, 7:09 am

Jetson wrote:

I think it was AFF that started the orange bracelet idea.

I think that was Aspergia.

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Unlike the puzzle piece, wearing orange doesn't mean anything to 99.9% of the people who see it, and since people are already wearing every colour of the rainbow nobody will ever bother to ask what it represents. Even if we all agreed that wearing orange would be a good way to meet other Aspies, that idea falls flat when you see how many people wear it simply because they like the colour orange. It's not like I'm going to see someone wearing an orange bracelet and decide to just walk over and tell them I have AS....

Yeah. That and I really don't like orange.

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I sometimes wonder about the ideas that come from AFF -- they proposed using a rainbow flag to represent Autism Pride and scheduled an Autistic Pride Day one week before Gay Pride Day.

Gay Pride Day seems to be different days in different places, so I'm not sure it's a week before.

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The idea of wearing something unusual in order to send a "here I am" signal to your peers evokes memories of the old "hanky code" that gay people used in the 80's. Obviously I have nothing against gay pride symbols (and bring home my share of crap from the pride parade every year), but think it should be reserved for use by gay people.

At least an identical flag would certainly get confusing.

One person I know made up a rainbow moebius strip as an autism symbol. I like that one.

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07 Jul 2005, 7:11 am

Jetson wrote:

I think it's more a matter of poor reasoning. Some of the people on AFF took the position that since autism is a spectrum disorder and the rainbow is a light spectrum that they were a natural match. As with so many other Aspies, they got the details right but completely missed the big picture... :-)

It's not just AFF. A lot of people have been using rainbows to represent the autistic spectrum for years. Just not usually the same appearance as the gay pride rainbows. (For instance autistics.org uses a rainbow logo, just off the top of my head. And so do a lot of other sites.)

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11 Aug 2006, 10:27 am

I hate that the gays have STOLEN the rainbow, and do not mind the puzzle ribbon. I actually rather like it. I think of it - I see myself - how puzzling I am to others... and I grin an evil grin ... :twisted:

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15 Aug 2006, 8:30 am

Visually the ribbon is nice, better than a single color and no pattern.
I do not need to be cured or fixed or even solved but I in a rare moment of empathy realized that we are not the only ones on the spectrum that there are autistics that can not care of themselfs and can not function in any manner in socity.
I have meet several and without a caregiver by their side they would never make it.
There are those on the spectrum that do need help and if a medical treatment was available for them I would support it I think maybe?
Those that can not create or learn coping stratigies should be entitled to a "cure " if they wanted it or if they were capable of decieding. If they are not capable of decieding for themselves then the parents or caregivers would have to make that deciesion for them.

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