Do puzzle pieces and autism puzzle piece logos evoke negative associations?

Gernsbacher, Morton Ann; Raimond, Adam R; Stevenson, Jennifer L.; Boston, Jilana S.; Harp, Bev

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“…Autism as a puzzle. 119,120 Autism as part of neurodiversity Autism as an epidemic. 121 Autism as increasingly recognized/diagnosed AVOIDING ABLEIST LANGUAGE conceptualizations about the nature of autism.…”

Section: The Impact and History Of Language Used To Talk About Autismmentioning

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Avoiding Ableist Language: Suggestions for Autism Researchers

Bottema‐Beutel

Kapp²,

Lester

et al. 2021

Autism in Adulthood

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In this commentary, we describe how language used to communicate about autism within much of autism research can reflect and perpetuate ableist ideologies (i.e., beliefs and practices that discriminate against people with disabilities), whether or not researchers intend to have such effects. Drawing largely from autistic scholarship on this subject, along with research and theory from disability studies and discourse analysis, we define ableism and its realization in linguistic practices, provide a historical overview of ableist language used to describe autism, and review calls from autistic researchers and laypeople to adopt alternative ways of speaking and writing. Finally, we provide several specific avenues to aid autism researchers in reflecting on and adjusting their language choices.

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Section: The Impact and History Of Language Used To Talk About Autismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Avoiding Ableist Language: Suggestions for Autism Researchers

Bottema‐Beutel

Kapp²,

Lester

et al. 2021

Autism in Adulthood

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“…Examples of social accessibility would be content that explicitly spells out language pragmatics, or content that takes social or cultural context into account; for example, avoiding the use of the jigsaw-puzzle symbol for autism because in Autistic and neurodiversity culture, this symbol is considered dehumanizing. 35,36 As guiding principles for physical accessibility, we used the principles of the WCAG, the most widely-used Web accessibility standard: sites must be perceivable (can users make it out? ), operable (can it be controlled?…”

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Development of the AASPIRE Web Accessibility Guidelines for Autistic Web Users

Raymaker

Kapp

McDonald

et al. 2019

Autism in Adulthood

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contributed as autistic community partners, with Raymaker and Kapp also contributing academic expertise in accessibility and autism and the internet, and Ashkenazy contributing written content for the website. Further, Raymaker was the lead engineer and technical writer for the website. Christina Nicolaidis was the Principal Investigator for the study, and served as a senior mentor throughout. She is both a family member to an autistic person and a health care provider. Katherine E. McDonald and Michael Weiner (also a healthcare provider) served as academic partners, providing expertise in disability accessibility and web-based bioinformatics. On this paper, Raymaker took the lead role in organizing the data, creating the first full draft, and revising subsequent drafts. All authors reviewed the initial draft and revisions, contributed additional ideas and content, and approved the final version prior to submission. Earlier versions of this work were included as part of Dr. Raymaker's PhD dissertation. This manuscript has been submitted solely to this journal and is not published elsewhere.

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“…For example, some CrimRxiv Divergent perspectives: Autistic adults' perceptions of the police 19 respondents reported that these campaigns made them feel safe, while others reported that these efforts put autistic individuals at increased risk of a negative police encounter because these initiatives were perceived to indicate a level of police awareness that was not truly reflected in reality. The division over the imagery associated with autism and autistic causes in particular has long been a point of debate within the autistic community, with many seeing the use of the puzzle piece as particularly harmful and problematic (see Gernsbacher et al, 2018). Respondents were similarly divided in this survey, with some having very positive perceptions of these symbols and messages and others having negative reactions to the use of the 7.…”

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Divergent perspectives: Autistic adults’ perceptions of the police

Parry

Huff

2022

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Findingsindicate that autistic respondents vary in their perceptions of the police. Prior negative experiences with police have a stronger influence on perceptions than do positive experiences. Support for awareness campaigns is also varied. Originality: Despite high-profile police incidents involving autistic individuals, there have been no empirical examinations of autistic adults' global perceptions of the police or police-led autism awareness campaigns. The current study addresses this oversight by directly examining autistic adults' perceptions. This approach is particularly salient given the ongoing police public scrutiny surrounding officer interactions with individuals from special populations, which is largely uninformed by research centering the voices of impacted individuals.

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Do puzzle pieces and autism puzzle piece logos evoke negative associations?

Abstract: This study examined whether puzzle-piece images evoke negative associations in the general public.

Cited by 6 publications

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Avoiding Ableist Language: Suggestions for Autism Researchers

Avoiding Ableist Language: Suggestions for Autism Researchers

Development of the AASPIRE Web Accessibility Guidelines for Autistic Web Users

Divergent perspectives: Autistic adults’ perceptions of the police

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