The UN officially created World Autism Awareness Day in 2007. Learn more about this year's theme, and the symbols and colors used for neurodivergence.

To many autistic people, the puzzle piece represents stigma, exclusion and a harmful push to make them conform.

The jigsaw puzzle piece has symbolized autism for decades, but many autistic individuals find it offensive, viewing it as ...

April is Autism Acceptance Month. Here is information about autism spectrum disorder and ways to be more inclusive of those on the spectrum.

The imagery gained even more prominence when the US-based organisation Autism Speaks, founded in 2005, adopted a blue puzzle piece as its logo. One autistic advocate described the symbol as a ...