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01 Feb 2011, 4:17 pm

So I've seen the ribbon/puzzle thingy for autism awareness. Are there any other such symbols about?

I'm considering signing my artwork with an autism symbol. Or more nefariously, hiding them in my drawings and paintings.


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01 Feb 2011, 5:19 pm

My favorite is the rainbow möbius strip:

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It was created by an autistic woman who has an autistic kid.


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01 Feb 2011, 5:21 pm

anbuend wrote:
My favorite is the rainbow möbius strip:

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It was created by an autistic woman who has an autistic kid.


Ooooo. I like that one. I've always been fascinated by Möbius strips.


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01 Feb 2011, 5:26 pm

I have been looking for something in black and white that would work as a tattoo and have thus far been unable to find anything except that puzzle piece which I really dislike.



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01 Feb 2011, 5:27 pm

I do like the Moebius strip.



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01 Feb 2011, 5:28 pm

Couple of suggestions: (1) invent your own symbols; and (2) hold a contest, perhaps through WP with its polling functions. Just a thought. Best of luck!



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01 Feb 2011, 5:29 pm

I came up with this one a while ago. I still like it.

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp2966526.html#2966526


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01 Feb 2011, 5:31 pm

Something like this:

:lol: :o :x ?



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01 Feb 2011, 5:36 pm

Is the puzzle ribbon trade marked by Autism Speaks?

How about a Möbius strip with an infinity symbol passing through it? I'll draw it up later.


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01 Feb 2011, 6:25 pm

No but I think someone else did try to trademark it. I don't know how successful they were. This was before Autism Speaks even existed. Long before. I think it was various autism societies that started it.


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01 Feb 2011, 6:44 pm

DenvrDave wrote:
Couple of suggestions: (1) invent your own symbols; and (2) hold a contest, perhaps through WP with its polling functions. Just a thought. Best of luck!

Nice idea. :)
I'm not a fan of the puzzle piece either and it's "mysterious" connotations.



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01 Feb 2011, 11:37 pm

Here's my stab at it. It's a sketch and needs quite a bit of work but the idea is clear

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01 Feb 2011, 11:46 pm

Oooo nice. Looks like a knot.


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02 Feb 2011, 12:01 am

anbuend wrote:
Oooo nice. Looks like a knot.


Hey! You're right. I was unintentional.

This is meant to be what is called an impossible figure. The way the straight bar, infinity symbol and mobius strip intertwine is impossible in real life. I think I can change the way they overlap to make it more obvious.

The white bar represents aspies telling it straight. The black infinity represents autism's impenetrable complexity, and the mobious strip the diversity of the autism spectrum.


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02 Feb 2011, 12:25 am

Zen wrote:
DenvrDave wrote:
Couple of suggestions: (1) invent your own symbols; and (2) hold a contest, perhaps through WP with its polling functions. Just a thought. Best of luck!

Nice idea. :)
I'm not a fan of the puzzle piece either and it's "mysterious" connotations.


Thank you. Nice sreen name :D

wavefreak I love that symbol...so much symmetry...I feel like I could stare at it for hours. And I got the "impossibleness" of it right away, reminded me of an Escher drawing.



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02 Feb 2011, 12:49 am

wavefreak58,

That image looks excellent. My eyes keep sliding off parts, but I like what I am sure I am seeing. :D