
Tattoos arenât always associated with the autistic community. One of the questions I get asked most as an autistic self-advocate is, âHow are you able to get tattoos sensory-wise?â For me, tattoos are a wonderful form of self-expression. I can fight through the sensory issues if it is something I really care about.
Most of mine involve my special interests, such as books, although Iâm still trying to decide what my autism tattoo is going to be. After seeing all the wonderful tattoos my fellow autistics have, Iâm leaning towards the rainbow infinity sign. A lot of tattoos in the autism community involve puzzle pieces, which, to a lot of self-advocates, doesnât represent us in the way we wish to be seen. Here are 12 autism acceptance tattoos that arenât puzzle pieces. I hope these inspire you, too.
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- Why Iâm Not Choosing a Puzzle Piece Tattoo to Represent My Autism
- How My Teenage Son Feels About the Autism Puzzle Piece
1. âThis one is for my Aspergerâs. It was the very first one. And Iâm very proud of itâ¦â
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2. âThis is mine, for my two boys who both have autism. I wanted to stay away from puzzle pieces so chose the rainbow infinity symbolâ â Ellen F.
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3. âI relate to cats way tooo much. Things got bad for me and led me to my diagnosis. Cats land on their feet, just like I do.â â Anna D.
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4. âThis is a tattoo of my initials⦠it represents me, and how I will always be me⦠I am autisticâ¦. nothing can represent being autistic more than an actual autistic person.â â Hollie H.
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5. âMy celebration of being different and not defective, and the Maori word for âin oneâs own time and spaceâ .. aka autistic.â â Jennifer A.
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6. âMy sonâs birth flower. I got it because he is the most important person. He has taught me so much about autism and have met many great parents whose children are also on the spectrum.â â Sol Q.
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7. âIâm a teacher. This is for my kiddos who were quirky, fun and trying to assimilate, all whilst carrying a teddy bear for comfort. Loved working with them, itâs been a journey and definitely a pleasure.â â Audrey L.

8. âThis one is to never give up!!!â â Pablo M.
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9. âI have this tattoo I designed for my son who has autism and Touretteâs. Heâs always had a humming stim so I got a humming bird.â â George H.
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10. âThe Enso symbolizes strength, enlightenment, infinity, the universe, the void and elegance.â â Melissa P.
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11. âFor my son. The mandala lotus represents strength â both for the strength he shows every day in managing this world, and for my strength in helping him navigate. In the bottom middle jewel is a semicolon, also for my son and his fight with anxiety and depression which led him to be hospitalized at age 11 for suicide ideation. Heâs nearly 17 now. Three additional hospitalizations, therapy, doctors and he is staying strong.â â Karen L.
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12. âThe most simple of my tattoos. Ohana is a Hawaiian term for âfamily,â commonly seen on Disneyâs âLilo & Stitchâ â âOhana means family, family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.â I am a single parent to two children who are both diagnosed with ASD. I got this tattoo when I was later diagnosed myself, as a reminder that we are always connected not only through blood but our shared understanding of what it is to be a girl/woman with ASD, itâs something that will always link us. We are our own little family and do just well by ourselves. Another line in the same movie is, âThis is my family. I found it all on my own. Itâs little and broken, but still good. Yeah, still good.'â â Vicky T.
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