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This month's subject is near and dear to my heart. I'm very sure I'm on the spectrum myself. It sometimes makes me feel like an alien compared to neurotypical people. On bad days it's hard to speak out loud, because I am sometimes nonverbal. Sometimes it's even hard to just muster the energy to talk to online friends. I also need shitloads of space from people to recharge my social batteries. I like being alone, but I also really need my people(and they need me) too. It's hard keeping the balance there. confused

I chose butterflies and the infinity symbol as they're known symbols for autism. Butterflies signify change and represents the diversity of people on the autism spectrum.They represent the full lives of people with autism, and the beauty of the differences of autistic people. The rainbow-colored infinity symbol represents the neurodiversity movement and includes the total spectrum, of both neurodivergent and neurotypical people. It indicates that neurological differences are a natural occurrence of people.