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🧩 U+1F9E9, 🧩 JIGSAW PUZZLE PIECE ← 🧨 [U+1F9E8] Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs 🧪 → [U+1F9EA]

Translingual

Etymology

Created in 1963 by the National Autistic Society of England; popularized largely by Autism Speaks beginning 2005.

Symbol

Presentations of 🧩︎

Text style	Emoji style
🧩︎	🧩️
Note: Character's appearance may be different on each system. Text style is forced with ︎ and emoji style with ️

🧩︎

1. (Internet) autism; autistic; autism awareness
   1. (by extension) neurodiverse
   2. (by extension, often offensive) mentally ill

Usage notes

Some autistics find this symbol off-putting, or even offensive, saying the symbol originates from an outside perspective. Compare the use of the infinity symbols (∞ or ♾) to represent neurodiversity from an inside perspective.