The University of York has apologised after it used a controversial symbol in a post for World Autism Awareness Day
shared a post on its social media pages on Tuesday, 2 April, to highlight World Autism Awareness Day.
The post included an image of a jigsaw puzzle piece, formerly widely used as a representation of autism awareness.Social media users criticised the university following the post and it has since been removed.The statement added: "Yesterday, we shared an autism awareness post. Within the image, we used a puzzle piece symbol, which understandably caused upset to some people. We are very sorry to have caused this.
In February 2018, the puzzle piece was replaced with a rainbow-colored infinity symbol to represent a spectrum, diversity, and difference. Want a quick and expert briefing on the biggest news stories? Listen to our latest podcasts to find out What You Need To Know.
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