It's Autism Awareness month... and you know what...
But i have to say I really like how this person put it...
Acceptance... yep.. that sounds great. People are aware.. now they just need to accept the beauty and the differences...
I love my boy, my friends and my friend's children who all add so much beauty to this life!
Are you aware? Do you accept? Do you know?
*Though i am not a big fan of the puzzle piece as a symbol of autism.. it has become pretty universal. I'm not sure why but it bugs me... how do you feel about it?
3 comments:
I don't like the puzzle either... We are not puzzles to figure out! We are beings. It's degrading even in the symbol we are misunderstood. I think Tony Attwoods symbol of the red thread of society's tapestry would be at least a step up;)
Lovely post... I will write one a bit;)
I love Autism and I love those that have it! Hmmm? Not to sure what to say about the puzzle? I do think it looks good within the penguin though. I would think that puzzles are more an application to everybody, rather than just autistic individual? I have never been a fan of puzzles. Seems to me that life is difficult enough to piece together, let alone adding one more puzzle. Perhaps, whomever coined this to autism had an autistic child who excelled at putting them together. I know that my son, during his diagnosis, completed puzzles, far above his age level, in no time flat. I guess the main thing that bothers me about it, is that it is far to boxy for me. I don't think anyone is that easy to piece together or should even be labeled or categorized in such a way.
Love the post! :) - Philip A.
K- I think you pegged it on why i don't like the puzzel peices. I would pick something more beautiful to sybolize autism... when i think of puzzels i think of conformity...
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