While my autism is a very deeply cherished and sacred part of my identity, to which I am truly thankful for, I could wear my autistic pride pins anywhere if it were purely about my own identity. That’s not why I specifically wear my autistic pride pins over my heart.
It is because it represents the love I have for the autistic community, which somehow manages to get bigger and bigger every day. Not sure how something so immense can continue to get stronger. But it does. Plus they allow me to keep the autistic community with me everywhere I am. And now you know.
Autistically Me 