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Autism Ambigram Tessellationby ~RushAndRuleIt

Community Projects / Awareness / 2011 / Autism Awareness

About the drawing:

This ambigram tessellation is my version of the autism awareness puzzle. (The symbolism in the coloration and design of the original puzzle is explained here: [link]) The red and yellow lettering spells “AUTISM” one way, and the blue and green lettering spells it at a 180^o angle. No matter which way the image is rotated, the right side up lettering appears convex, while the upside down lettering appears concave.

MS Paint, 896 x 554 pixels, 24 colors

The message:

Autism awareness is a good start, but simply being aware that there is such a thing isn’t enough. There are many misconceptions about autism, but for the sake of brevity, I will only discuss my most important point: Autism isn't entirely a negative thing.

I was medically diagnosed with Asperger’s, which is a high-functioning form of autism. My difficulty with recognizing social cues and responding accordingly, my constant compulsion to perform repetitive motions, my difficulty in keeping track of schedules, and other idiosyncrasies have given me a great deal of hardship in both the social and professional aspects of my life. However, my condition also liberates my mind. While social nuances elude me, more concrete and deterministic concepts like physics, calculus, geometry, and language, including distant and abstract concepts, come naturally.

With that in mind, I’d like to share with you an inspirational article my Dad sent me about famous people who had autism: [link] These were brilliant scientists, artists, musicians, authors, and other gifted professionals. To consider them disabled because of their social challenges is like calling an NBA star disabled because he’s too tall to drive a compact car or a fighter jet. If you get down on yourself for having autism, remember this: “Autism” starts with “Au”, and that’s the chemical symbol for gold.

For a funny cartoon with the same message, check out Autism is not Retarded by *djcchs2004.

EDIT: Thanks so much to =nikki-ns for the suggestion and ^wdwparksgal the feature!

As a gesture of good faith and reciprocation, I'll try to visit everyone's gallery who favorites, comments, etc., which might take a while, depending on how popular this piece gets. Feel free to note me if I don't get around to you soon.

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Autism Awareness Tessellation by ~RushAndRuleIt For Autism Awareness Information ( Suggested by ~nikki-ns and Featured by `WDWParksGal )

love 9 9

joy 7 7

wow 3 3

~~mad 0 0~~

~~sad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

~millylove1098 May 9, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

This made me giggle. (I'm Autistic... and had have a weird sense of humor.)

~myheroisapikachu Apr 5, 2013 New member

thanks for putting this on hopefully people will know more, as you've pretty much explained it

~HarmoniaMurasaki Nov 13, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

So many colors... You did a fantastic job with this.

!TipToeDanger Oct 28, 2012 Student Digital Artist

This is a very interesting piece! I like it.

~Jayz428jt Oct 8, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

pretty amazing!! i also have aspergers thanks for this awesome piece of work

~hellmonkey2000 Jun 17, 2012

a great piece of art... worth a thousand words, a thousand beautiful inspiring informative words. Thank you.

~Dsitt7 Jun 5, 2012 Student General Artist

Hello,

Your piece has been placed in the "Digital 6-10" category with a rating of a 10. If you would like a full critique, please note the group with a link back to this piece.

Sorry for the delayed rating, we have had a recent change in management and now we have a big list of things to rate. Thank you for your patience!