
With April being Autism Awareness month and April 2nd being World Autism Awareness Day as recognised by the United Nations in 2008, you will probably see a lot of brands and individual promoting awareness and local snack brand Twistees is one of those brands.
The cheesy snack’s packaging now features a number of colourful puzzle pieces in red, yellow, blue, light blue and their classic maroon colour. Many have praised the brand for taking such an initiative during Autism Awareness month, with the post garnering thousands of likes and comments.
Meanwhile, others have expressed their concern with the use of the puzzle pieces, stating that such a symbol has been phased out due to it being representative of stigma or the community “missing a piece”, which is not the case. A comment suggested that the gold or rainbow infinity symbol be used.
Twistees have responded by stating “Our intention was not to upset anyone but to bring awareness. After several research we never came across the infinite symbol. We did not choose the puzzle pieces as a sign that autistic people have a missing piece but to show that they are not different and that everyone is the same.”
What do you make of this?
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