Where that Puzzle Piece rubbish came from: In 1962, a small group of parents in the UK who were frustrated at the lack of understanding and help available for them and their children started a group that would in time become The National Autistic Society and, as far as I can tell, the first autistic organisation in the world. They’re the ones who started using the puzzle piece. It was designed by Gerald Gasson, a parent member of their Executive Committee. The minutes of the Executive Meeting of 14 February 1963 read: ‘The Committee decided that the symbol of the Society should be the puzzle as this did not look like any other commercial or charitable one as far as they could discover’. From Perspectives on a puzzle piece: -----> However, it wasn’t just a puzzle piece. It was a puzzle piece with a weeping child inside of it.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:02:40 +0000
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