Aspies For Freedom

I think the flag should consist of the rainbow coloured mobius loop on an infra red and ultra violet background to represent both ends of the spectrum.

Not entirely sure how that would work exactly.

In fact why not make it a pennant instead of a flag. It could bode well for  one of my master yet non biased plans (some kind of primarily autistic sailors association.) and more importantly it would be distinctive. Flags don't have to be just square as this example goes to show...



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nepal_flag_large.png

If you don't want people to know you are an aspie, then it defeats the purpose of autistic pride.

My preference is a flag of full-on spectrum colours, because I just couldn't get enthused about something in pastel colours. P. J. O'Rourke takes the piss out of the United Nations with it's baby blue flag. Could we differentiate the autistic flag from the G/L flag by making the strips of colours go in a different direction? Do the people with non-standard sexual orientations and identities have a particular flag, or just the vague idea of a rainbow? An aspie named the colours of the spectrum (Newton) so I thnk we have every right to use it.

I think we should have a rainbow flag with a big, black infinity symbol in the middle, that you just can't miss. Does any other crowd already have such a flag?

We should have a flag that is so visually stunning that everyone is still staring at it ten minutes after the anthem has ended. Sequins?

I've just done a Google and found a whole bunch of gay flags, just to see what theirs look like

http://www.pinette.net/chris/flags/gay/

It looks like they generally do their stripes horizontally, with six colour strips to the standard rainbow flag.

Did you know that there is a flag that one can fly to show that their is a gay diver underwater?  :lol:

Would a spectrum of colours shining from a prism be an interesting thing to put on a flag? I have seen that kind of motif on covers of Pink Floyd and Philip Glass albums. Didn't Newton invent prisms? Mucking about with the physical properties of objects is a stereotypically autistic type of pastime. No autistic home should be without a gyroscope and a prism.

I am having the same dilemma...maybe if I just describe my idea someone who is computer savvy could put it into a picture.

I imagine a flag with two teardrop shaped Crystal Prisms put end to end to form an infinity symbol with a spectrum of colors shining from them in a "sunburst pattern" radiating from the center of the flag to the edges.  I don't know if this "doable" but maybe it can help spark more creative thinking (not that I'm saying the ideas so far aren't creative-sorry if it sounds that way).

Did you see my description a few posts up?  I would love it if you could try to fabricate my design...if possible.  I have tried but I have no idea how to do it.  I am working on a collage made out of magazines (my artistic medium) right now, I will post it if I ever get it done.  If you can't do it, I understand - thanks for the offer.

Beautiful design, by the way, Raeth  :grin: .

The idea of the infinity symbol and the snake chasing it's own tail (does that motif have a proper name?) could be used interchangeably for the flag. The infinity symbol is easier and simpler to draw and use. Do we need to consider simplicity and ease of reproduction when considering a flag design? Do we want to have a flag design that can be easily drawn, reproduced or sewn together?

DANDA are already using the idea of a light spectrum and a pyramid-shaped prism, but they don't use all of the colours of the spectrum. I've seen the same idea used in quite a few other things as well.

http://www.danda.org.uk/pages/DANDAnews.htm

hhz wrote

I like the spiral too, but unfortunately the word "spiral" has acquired a lot of negative connotations. I'm thinking of phrases such as "spiraling out of control" "depressive downwards spiral" etc.

I was wondering if someone would try to express the idea of singleness and solitude in a flag. I think Then Again's flag is attractive, and I like the way it has an inner world and the outside world symbolised in it.

The problem with that is it's not distinctive, and it's not "flaggy". A Ncekers cube or a fibonacci sequence would be unoriginal, and the fibonacci sequence in particular is too complicated and not attention-getting enough to be a flag.

Flags need to be simple, bold, distinctive and recognisable from encounter to encounter, just like a logo or a name. A commonly-used geometric shape is unsuitable, because the second time you see it it won't necessarily belong to the same people that were using it the other time.

I think the rainbow-based ones had this problem too, except even more so - even when you've already seen it and you know who uses it already, it's still not beyond doubt that someone else could be using it.

The fibbonacci sequence would effectively make us be regarded as a subset of mathematicians, and the rainbow ones would effectively make us be regarded as a subset of gay people (!). IMO, we need a clear, distinct identity.

What does the infinity symbol mean, then? I've looked through the site and I can't see an explanation for it.

You could follow the infinity symbol with your eyes indefinitely. It's length has no end. It just goes on and on an on, repeating over the same space. This is similar to aspie obsessiveness. We all know that aspies have a tendency to obsess over the same interest, injustice, puzzle, place or thing over and over again. We keep returning to the same theme, and go back over the same ground time and time again. This can make us tedious conversationalists, but this persistence can also be a huge advantage in some intellectual activities. We are often the ones who understand a technical system down to the finest details, or the ones who solve tricky puzzles with persistence and the repetitive application of different approaches to the question.