#aufinity

PT: Aufinity Pastel Symbol /end PT

ID: rainbow "A" written in calligraphy, forming an infinity symbol. /end ID

we never seem to use it, can we bring the aufinity back as a symbol for autism? it’s much easier to work into things where the autisticat may not be very cohesive and whatnot.

in conclusion, yay aufinity!!

(I’m really bad at image descriptions, I’m afraid, so this is mostly just going to translate the flyer text.)

Text, Both Flyers: Acceptance Not Awareness This April, DON’T #LightItUpBlue. Listen To AUTISTIC PEOPLE Speaking And Go #RedInstead. Learn More At AutisticAdvocacy.org Nothing About Us Without Us Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN)

Some people expressed interest in an inclusive symbol of the autism community. Some suggested the letter A with the neurodivergent rainbow infinity as the horizontal line. As I thought that could be confused with other symbols, I instead worked the letter A into an infinity symbol.

I call this Aufinity! Combining “autism” and “infinity” for an easy to search tag. If anyone uses it, tag it aufinity so I can see and reblog!

You can see here that one of the cross sections is playing the horizontal line of the A - I also crossed the different segments of the line in order to maintain the way infinity symbols often do.

The A is predominately red in reference to #redinstead and solidarity towards self advocacy among the autistic community. The line making up this image goes through the full gradient of the rainbow in order to represent the spectrum of individuals with neurodivergencies.

I’m hoping that those who felt Autisticat didn’t represent them would appreciate this symbol instead, though there’s always room to use and enjoy both.

#RedInstead Flyers! 2 versions (A and B), 3 variations (1A, 1B; 2A, 2B; and 3A, 3B). No full image descriptions, I’m afraid (I’m. really, REALLY bad at them and if I tried this would never get posted) but I’ve transcribed the text and tried to give a summary of all visual elements used.

Versions A and B differ in the images used: Flyer A features @palpablenotion’s Aufinity symbol. Flyer B features @strangerdarkerbetter’s AutistiCat, AutistiBat, and StimmyKitty designs. (I wanted to add Flappy the Owl but I didn’t see any versions marked as reusable so I erred on the safe side and left them off.)

The 3 variations have slight differences in the either the text of the flyer or the font colors used.

Flyer Text, 1A and 1B: “Acceptance Not Awareness

This April, DON’T #LightItUpBlue.

Listen To AUTISTIC PEOPLE Speaking And Go #RedInstead.

Learn More At AutisticAdvocacy.org Nothing About Us Without Us Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN)”

Flyer Text, 2A and 2B: “Acceptance Not Awareness Learn More at autismacceptancemonth.com

This April, DON’T #LightItUpBlue.

Listen To AUTISTIC PEOPLE Speaking And Go #RedInstead.

Learn More At AutisticAdvocacy.org Nothing About Us Without Us Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN)”

Flyer Text, 3A and 3B: Same as 2A and 2B, but the URLs are in red instead of rainbow colors.

I’ve opened a Cafe Press shop!

Which means now you can buy the Aufinity symbol on a bunch of different stuff! I take requests so if you want an item added or if you want a slightly different design (the Aufinity in pride colors, the Aufinity over a pride color background, etc) just let me know!