Apr 9, 2022 · I've always thought that rainbow is for autism specifically and gold is for neurodivergence as a whole. But a lot of others think it's the other way around; gold for autism and rainbow for neurodivergence. There's even infographics showing this too. I wanted to settle the debate by finding who exactly created the rainbow infinity and when.

I assumed the rainbow aspect was to demonstrate the spectrum of autism and the many manifestations it can take, and the infinity symbol to combat the puzzle piece, showing that autism is a lifelong diagnosis and can't/shouldn't be 'cured', and also that autistic people are whole and complete. It's not greatly aesthetically pleasing, but it is quite symbolic.

Jul 10, 2021 · Gold infinity sign is for autism. Rainbow infinity is for neurodivergence in general, which includes autism.

Dec 13, 2022 · The rainbow infinity symbol (specifically the second one here) was originally created with autistic people in mind; however, rainbow infinity symbols were eventually adopted by the neurodivergent community as a whole. The gold infinity symbol and the red infinity symbol are still exclusive to autistic people.

Nov 11, 2021 · Autism uses a golden infinity sign to refer to autism specifically, but generally the rainbow infinity sign is used for all of them as a group. Even within the autistic community I see the neurodivergent rainbow infinity more often than the autistic golden infinity.

The rainbow infinity is widely associated with autism, but it's also used for other neurodivergence, so it's not an autism symbol. I like it but it's not an autism symbol anymore.

Apr 3, 2022 · I believe the gold infinity symbol is used more in certain geographical regions? The ND infinity as a rainbow symbolizes that all neurotypes are included (neurodiversity) and are normal variations of the brain.

Oct 27, 2021 · The infinity rainbow represents the diversity of the autistic community and the diversity of the broader neurodivergent community. And it was chosen by NDs for NDs.

The rainbow infinity symbol is associated with neurodiversity in general and the gold infinity symbol represents autism specifically. Gold was chosen because the chemical symbol for gold is Au (originating from the Latin Aurum) and the rainbow is used to show the diversity of everyone on the spectrum.

Nov 2, 2023 · I think the rainbow infinity symbol is technically for nuerodiversity as a whole. Autism is the same shape, just gold. Edit: Cmon guys, why do I have 4 times as many upvotes as the post.