I just looked up the sign(s) for autism and yikes! stigma! https://www.signasl.org/sign/autism
Does anyone know any better/less stereotyping ones?
I know that the Deaf community is usually super on top of making signs less problematic, removing racist and other connotations, so I’m pretty certain someone has come up with something better than implying autistic people are closed off. :)
ETA: I already have a reply from my ASL course discord linking me to this Instagram reel: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cb8a4DyLbrJ/?igsh=YXN4YzF0cXZhdXlz
I absolutely love the idea of RAINBOW BRAIN!
ETA once more: I just came across a BSL video and the person used the same COLORFUL BRAIN sign so maybe that's where it's been borrowed from in ASL.
@thegrumpyenby hey!!!!! i'm a deaf autistic person and i like this sign! i view it more like something similar to the sign for "trans" where to me it means "inherent" or "inside." i actually don't like the variant in the instagram post, as it feels too similar to other stigmatized mental-illness signs.
hope that helps? deaf people can have different opinions but i don't like hearies spreading around signs.
@scoliwings I wasn't "spreading around signs" but asking for Deaf folks' input — such as yours, so thank you for that.
@thegrumpyenby I saw the ETAs in your post, which did make it come off as though as you were sharing alternatives. thank you for listening to me.
@scoliwings I only added content by Deaf people