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So ASD is an umbrella, made of puzzle pieces on rainbow colors...
The usual cluster of circles on random colors that overlap for not reason.
So... we have:
an umbrella
a rainbow... that as usual is missing a color, this time missing indigo.
then a bunch of keywords that look like buttons... And more!
I think we go the feeling of this design concept.
This picture accompany an article that talks about delay of speech development on autistic people.
I think it is interesting the way people come with this drawings when they are forced to produce the graphics...
this image comes with the description:
"I asked an AI to draw a representation of Autism Part 2"
If someone does not know how AI generate this images, is by taking thousands of images that have same word descriptions or tags, and generating new images that mix from the database.
at this point I am going to bring forward the idea that some people maybe have some sort of disorder around an obsession with puzzles...
The picture of today was found on a website of an agency that finds talent for business... their pitch is that autistic people are geniuses and this agency will help you find your own autistic employee.
It is an interesting read:
Celebrating Neurodiversity
Now, the picture is the typical: Half...
Maybe I am reading this wrong... is there any research that backs up this kind of representation for girls with autism?
One is a spectrum of color, the other is a rainbow, that is actually a spectrum of color... the confusion is bound to happens...
So if you put in the puzzle pieces that will fill up the space making the shape of the ribbon not clear anymore... how is this suppose to work???
This graphic accompanies an essay that have the same title of this post.
This is what I find fascinating about this graphic:
Imagine you are a graphic designer and someone hires you to do the graphic work for their website, and you think "sweet, I got a job, I have to do my best here so this...
This is why it is important to check your designs... you can end up with something that is way too close resembling something else...
I found this interesting essay about how autism diagnosis does not come alone but it usually will come with other conditions. In this framework they will look at the symptoms and then diagnose all the conditions that match the symptoms. So if you have autism but also some symptoms that do not...
Just imagine this thing, but all the outside circles just touch the edge of the center circle, instead of overlaping with the center circle... AND... all the outside circles just touch the edges of each other, also not overlapping between them... that would have being so satisfying and quiet...
We do not need a doctor, what we really need is a mechanic...
As a side note, I am finding a lot of this faceless, corporate sterile silhouettes... what is up with that?
This graphic was created with the idea to present in a simple and clean way the difference on the diagnosis criteria between the 2 versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders...
First of all, just the idea of creating a graphic design between the 2 is by itself... a...
This picture illustrate an article by the Economist with the same title as this post.
So we have the typical silhouette with the puzzle brain, but this time the brain is missing a piece that the character if holding on its hand... So... lest play a game...
What is the plan for the character to...
The brain of a boy with autism is made up of puzzle pieces while the brain of a girl with autism is made up of cats and hearts.
The image is suppose to represent how autistic people fixates over special interests.
They want $30 for this master piece...
So this graphic suppose to show the differences and/or relationship between autism and asperger.
All I get from this graphic is this 3 points:
That high functioning autism, asperger and pervasive development disorder are the same.
The spectrum is actually measure in IQ.
And the rainbow is...