i never said males were usually better with math, i said they are usually better with technical art while females are usually better with figure art, they are both types of art, though. "figures" as in human or animal figures. technical art is more related to archatexture and that sort.

Oh, OK.  Sorry.
You STILL might want to find some way to test that, though.  I prefer to draw figures, but I would say I'm about equal as far as which one I'm better at goes.....  Maybe even better at archetecture, although it's been so long since I've drawn more than a floorplan that I'm not sure.

How about a Celtic knot depicting a square peg in a round hole?

Infinity loops are cool and all, but they don't really depict the asymmetry of the thought process - infinity loops are limited in that they are trapped within themselves.  Hmm, maybe that is appropriate.

But not rainbow.  Not rainbow.  Yay spectrum and all that, but the gay community owns the rainbow, hands down.  Let them have it, it's a source of their pride, and the last thing you want to do is take away something that's precious to another community.  A rainbow loop would be cool for gay aspies, though.  That would bridge the gap.

The logo must translate to NTs as well.  To most NTs since 1995, rainbow equals gay.  Aspie does not equal gay.

So maybe the color shouldn't be rainbow, it should simply be random, and a different array of colors every time.  How about that one

I think there were two reasons the rainbow color was chosen:
1.  It's already something people equate with pride (albeit gay pride) and
2.  It represents the Spectrum, by being a spectrum of its own.

I like your idea, but I'm not sure how we could pull off the random colors, and I don't think we could find any one single color that represents AS/autism as well.

I am in agreement with Obsidian regarding the rainbow theme.  That's taken.  There are other ways to make something multi-colored without it looking like the GLBT rainbow.  (Do note, however, there are parallels between that movement and this one.  We can learn from them.)

One way to pull off random colors is to use irridescent material in the making of objects bearing the symbol.  I think it would be impressive because it would look different almost every time you see it, depending on how it catches the light and reflects it to your eyes.  The infinity sign on this website already looks like an attempt to simulate irridescence.  When irridescence is not possible, I'd prefer a single color.

Maybe a key with the puzzle pieces in it.  I know the ribbon with puzzle pieces has been largely taken over by the pro-cure movement, but the key would show it as being on the same spectrum but with a different meaning.

Personally, I think the key would be better for those trying to unlock the secrets of curing autism and the ribbon would be better for us, too bad that won't be the case.

I think puzzle pieces have been stigmatized through use by the pro-cure movement, making puzzle pieces almost as inappropriate as swastikas.  I still like the infinity sign, irridescent or single-colored of course.

maybe a grayscale infinity logo, since those trying to figure out the Autistic spectrum seem to run into so many gray areas with their findings.

i hate the puzzle Becuase i am anti cure. i do Not belive it could logically need curing as it is not logically a disability, we are not broken, infact many scientists beleive we are "evolved" to better match with technology.

i dont think we are a puzzle, a puzzle implies we need to be put together, or taht were only a peice of it, or that we arent even Human to some people. its a very negative symbol in my opinion.

let the curbies keep their puzzle, i will not affiliate a symbol designed by me perosnally with one designed by them.

i do not support the infinty sign, its trapped within itself, while AS seek progession while NTs are trapped in their own ways, its not approriate for us, it fits them better.

the symbol i made is NOT ment to be a political logo, its not anti-cure, its not pro-cure, it has ntohing to do with any groups views on autism at all.

i think the infity sign is already so commonly used its not even a new logo, its been around, just liek the puzzle, its used by people who are anti-cure.

this key is ment to be used by anyone, anywhere, with any views, its justa symbol for autism. simple, just autism, in my mind.

Now that I've thought a little more about it, I'm not sure if I like the key idea as much either.  A key is meant to unlock things, where in this instance, to unlock Autism would mean to "cure" Autism.

I always liked the saying of "march to the beat of a different drum", maybe if a logo was made with 3 drums, 2 of 1 color, and 1 of a different color, maybe something a little more vibrant looking than the other 2.  This would show a difference, but not a problem as all 3 drums would appear in working condition, the third one is nothing else but a little different.

Just a thought.

Another one I always liked and associated with is the "square peg in a round hole".

This reminds me of an interesting story I remember from preschool, I was sitting with a plastic toy set of different shaped blocks with a main piece that had holes that went with the blocks.  I had a round peg, and even though I understood which hole it went into right off the bat, I tried the other holes to see what would happen.  The teacher was watching me and kept correcting me, saying "that peg doesn't go in that hole".  By my own luck, the circle peg was a smaller diameter than the square one, so I stuck it in the square hole and it fit perfectly, the teacher corrected me again, but I said "well it fits doesn't it?".

I actually rather like the drum idea.  I can picture two normal-looking white and red drums, like you see in marching band, and one that's, say- blue and green and purple, all fading into one another, sandwiched inbetween the two other drums.

How about this?

I'm also working on that key, though geometrically its a little difficult (you don't know how hard the infinity symbol was, the colors were the easy part).

Also every image I make can be made with any color backround, or a png file with a transparent background. I used the totally free and totally universal (Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, etc.) 3d animatior "Blender" (http://www.blender.org).