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Every month is autism month for me!

[ID: A comic titled "April is Autism Acceptance Month!"

The narrator, a light skinned person with brown hair, says "You might see some places "lighting it up blue" or sharing puzzle piece imagery this month, but a lot of autistic people prefer to avoid that due to its association with Autism Speaks." Within the speech bubble is a blue puzzle piece with a red cross next to it. The narrator continues, "Autism Speaks sees autism as a disease that needs to be cured and eradicated, which it isn't. So to avoid that, we generally prefer RED instead!" The words "red instead" are shown on the narrator's shirt.

The narrator continues, "or the golden infinity symbol: (it's gold because au is the symbol for gold in the periodic table." There are illustrations of a gold infinity symbol and the periodic table symbol for gold, made to say "autism", next to the text.

Text continues "Not every autistic person celebrates autism acceptance month which is fine! It's optional :)

At the bottom, the narrator wears a red shirt with the gold infinity symbol on it and says "whether you celebrate or not, I hope you have a lovely month." End ID]

Do autistic kids "grow out" of their autism? Why does it sometimes seem like there are so few autistic adults?

Last month I made a whole bunch of Pride Flag Icons for LGBTQ+ Pride Month. I decided to keep that going for Disability Pride Month and make icons for those flags as well!

These are all 96x96 sprites, perfect size to use for your tumblr avatar image! Can either be used as is, or as a background to add your avatar to

From Top to Bottom, Left to Right:

The Disability Pride Flag, made by Ann Magill in 2021. The Red stripe represents those with physical disabilities. The Gold stripe represents neurodiversity and those with cognitive or intellectual disabilities. The White stripe represents invisible and undiagnosed disabilities. The Blue stripe represents psychiatric disabilities. The Green stripe represents sensory and sensory processing disabilities. The black background represents the mourning and rage for the victims of ableist violence and abuse

The Neurodiversity Infinity Symbol. It represents the infinite potential and diversity of neurodivergent people all over the world. It was originally used for the Autism Spectrum in particular, but has since come to represent neurodiverse people as a whole

The Autism Spectrum Pride Flag. Uses the Rainbow infinity symbol coupled with a gold background, a nod to the gold stripe on the Disability Pride Flag representing neurodiversity

The Red Instead Autism Pride Flag. Nearly identical to the previous, but with a red background instead of gold. Used during Autism Acceptance Month to fight back against organizations who claim to help people on the spectrum, but are actually extremely ableist and tend to shut out Autistic voices

The ADHD Butterfly Symbol. Represents people on the ADHD Spectrum. Uses a rainbow gradient similar to the Rainbow Infinity symbols. It represents creativity, transformation, and inclusivity. There are several versions of this symbol, but this is the one that I have seen use most frequently

Hope everyone enjoys! 

[ image description: a digital drawing of a black woman with an afro pushed back by a red Alice band. She is wearing a red, 60s dress with a black flower on the skirt, a yellow shirt with voluminous sleeves, and yellow gogo boots ]

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