April is National Autism Awareness Month and National Autism Acceptance Month. This article will demonstrate how you can create an Autism Awareness or Autism Acceptance ribbon. Part 1 - Choosing a Ribbon 1 → Be wary of traditional symbols for autism. Puzzle pieces and the color blue are associated with Autism Speaks, an organization that is generally considered to do much more harm than good, so the symbols can carry a very negative connotation. → Studies also suggest that the puzzle piece, associated with autism or not, connotes incompleteness, strangeness, and imperfection. 2 → Consider a rainbow ribbon. While there is no generally-accepted symbol for autism, many autistics use the neurodiversity symbol, which is a rainbow infinity sign. Rainbow colors are reminiscent of this symbol, and are meant to symbolize the diversity of humanity, autistic and otherwise. 3 → Consider a red ribbon. Many autistic people and their loved ones use the hashtag #RedInstead, a po...
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