Creatives for Diversity

12/04/2023

YOUNG MAKERS GRANT - VOTING NOW OPEN!

This coming summer/autumn, we’re hoping to start recording and broadcasting a disability-oriented podcast, but we need funding to do that.

So we’ve applied for a Young Makers Grant - and now we need as many votes as possible to get as much funding as we can, to make a great podcast!

Please vote for us using this link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=NHro6qxkSUihXZE1IEENDk2IIT9NJSVNkz9w2C9Hdt5UMlpWTElLTVRKQVFRRlhPRVZQVzBCWklPUC4u

And share as widely as you can for the next 11 days. TIA

Thank you for taking the time to read through and vote for your favourite Youth Led Projects!   When you are voting we are asking that you think about the following things when considering your order: - What offers best value for money? - How many people will benefit? - Does it create a ne...

25/07/2022

**Reposted from Inspire Highland**

The Disability Doodles are here! We’re so excited to have helped create these amazing postcards for Inspire Highland/Inspring Young Voices, showcasing important facts about disabilities like essential tremors, ASD, and vision loss.

Even Jodie’s brain surgeon thinks they’re cool! 😁

16/05/2022

We are so pleased to be able to share this latest buy with you.

Former patient Ritchie Lawson raised money for us with the support of his colleagues at TechnipFMC Deep Explorer and Deep Discover, and asked if we could use it to buy an ice machine for Ward 204/205.

Sadly Ritchie died before we managed to get it in place. However, we've been in touch with his family to let them know his generosity is now helping others stay cool and refreshed on the ward. Thank you all 💛

03/05/2022

Mozart’s masterpiece is one of the world’s most performed operas for good reason. Sir Thomas Allen – whose 2019 revival of The Magic Flute was a sell-out success – returns to direct his stunning production. Touring Scotland May & June 2022.

02/05/2022

“We don’t talk about their medical information with people we don’t know” should be the standard response to nosey (even if they seem well-meaning) strangers who ask about a disabled kids medical stuff.

At 42 years of age I am STILL working on this for myself when strangers come and ask me about why I’m in a wheelchair. I still feel uncomfortable putting my comfort before their discomfort. I still feel like I’m being rude not answering even though actually they’re the ones being rude.

It’s so important to model this boundary for kids. To show them that they can choose who they tell and who they don’t. That just because their lives involve a lot of medical appointments and medical talk that doesn’t have to extend outside of medical settings.

To show them they don’t have to spend their whole lives feeling like a public medical curiosity and a constant teaching moment.

Jase was out with Clark once and another parent and kid came over and the parent said to Jase “Is it ok if I ask about his leg brace?” and Jase said “No it’s not” (never loved him more) It’s not that it’s some big dirty secret but come on what do you think it’s for? It helps him get around. You don’t need to interrupt his day for that.

Let Disabled kids be kids, there’s plenty of us adults doing the educating and also Google exists for a reason and look I’m Queen of polite I hate being rude but not answering some strangers question about your kid isn’t rude. It’s showing your kid you’ve got their back and teaching them that their comfort will always come above a strangers discomfort.

ID: A picture of a small fair toddler wearing dungarees and a stripe top and using a green walking frame. They’re standing in front of a silver airstreamer.

28/04/2022

May's Calendar with what's coming up - please feel free to share :)

24/04/2022

The Music Marathon was unable to continue due to technical issues, both with the stream, and my saxophone not sounding properly. Apologies

24/04/2022

6 hours of migraine-fuelled saxophone, vocals, and piano music, in aid of our book crowdfunder!

22/04/2022

This was filmed on Wednesday evening - our editor Jodie practising ready for Sunday's Mini Music Marathon, 😁🎶🎷🎤🎹

Don't forget to tune in here on Facebook Live @ 12pm Sunday for lots of great music! ☺️🌈🎉

15/04/2022

Here's the outline of how next week's Mini Music Marathon is going to go!

In case you didn't already know, our determined little team is now crowdfunding to turn our magazine into a fully-fledged book! And our Music Marathon event - where our editor Jodie will be making music for a full SIX HOURS STRAIGHT - is an opportunity for everyone to see just how determined we are!

(For reference, that amount of singing and saxophone-playing is probably equivalent to a half-marathon... with a migraine and brain fog. So it's gonna be a challenge - but we're up for it! 😀🎷🎹😅)

And here's our GoFundMe again, in case you'd like to donate or share: https://gofund.me/748139ed

02/04/2022

Listen and learn from people ♾️

I will be taking part in by this month. Today's prompt is "share a tip for allies"

My tip is to listen to Autistic people. People who aren't Autistic cannot know our lived experiences and the nuances of our individual perspectives, which is why it is important to learn from actually Autistic people 💜

There are so many Autistic people out there who share their knowledge and experiences with the world. Please listen to us 🌎

[ID: An illustration of a blue sky with a rainbow and a bee in it, with daisies at the bottom of the image. Some text reads "listen and learn from actually Autistic people" the words "actually autistic" are rainbow coloured. Below this text is a rainbow infinity symbol.]

02/04/2022

**Long Post Alert**

We are delighted to share that Aberdeen City Council are lighting up Marischal College gold today for Autistic Acceptance for the second year running! We also have it on good authority that Newcastle Millennium Bridge and Civic Centre are lighting it up gold too!

Some of you might be confused as to why we did not ask them to "light it up blue' as this is often used on April 2nd on a variety of buildings, badges, social media posts etc.

The answer is that the vast majority of the autistic community do not support the 'light it up blue' campaign (often used to 'raise awareness' of autism) and there are several reasons for this. In our post yesterday, we covered why the autistic community are moving away from the concept of ‘raising awareness' in the first place and why we, as a charity, run our campaign to raise autistic acceptance instead.

As well as this, the reason the colour blue was chosen was because autism was thought to be a ‘boys' condition’. These days we know that this is simply untrue and many girls and non binary people are autistic. Also - autistic children grow to be autistic adults, so the association with “boys” is infantilising.

But beyond the colour, the main problem with the 'light it up blue' campaign is that it was never created by autistic people. It was made by non-autistic people and has all too often been used to talk about what a 'tragedy' being autistic is. Unsurprisingly, this is often upsetting for many autistic people. Many autistic people are very creative however, and there are now several other options for people to use that autistic people have come up with and which won't cause autistic people distress.

With the lighting up of Marischal College, we went with . The colour gold is used by many autistic people because the chemical symbol for gold is Au, which is - of course - the first two letters in 'autism and 'autistic'. Plus, on a personal level, we love the fact gold is valuable and shiny - just like us!

Another alternative to lighting it up blue is and if, like us, you like a little humour in your life there's also the slightly tongue-in-cheek (referring to the need to tone down the alarmist language around autism - their page is well worth a visit if you love a bit of satire).

Whichever hashtag or badge you decide to use (if any), please consider whether any autistic people had a say in the creation of it. We are competent and perfectly able to produce our own campaigns without others speaking for us, especially without meaningful consultation with us.

The fact the council here in Aberdeen listened to autistic voices and have chosen to light the college up gold is a hugely positive, and we are thrilled they have continued this allyship. We haven't always been listened to and heard but that is starting to change and this means an awful lot to us at AUScot. We hope it brightens the day of other autistic folk out there, too!



Marion and Flick@AUScot

02/04/2022

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02/04/2022

***Long Post Alert***

Awareness implies that we are only *tolerated* - and we deserve better than that.

Throughout April each year it is nearly impossible to miss the messages of Autism Awareness all over our social media feeds, in shops, newspapers and TV. While this may seem desirable at first glance, the autistic community has largely rejected the notion of Autism Awareness in favour of Autistic Acceptance. Some of us will joke about it being Autism Bewareness Month - beware, there are autistics about! And why would we do that you may ask? There are many reasons for this, which we will explore today, as well as looking at the importance of Autistic Acceptance.

To start with, most people are already aware that autism exists. We pretty much all know that autism is a “thing”. Research done on behalf of the Scottish Government in 2019 revealed that 99% of the population had heard of autism. Their knowledge and understanding of autism was largely based on out of date information and myths, but they were aware that autistic people exist.

Secondly - think about the other things we raise awareness of - cancer, heart disease, life threatening conditions. Very rarely is awareness raised for things which are not negative. Being autistic is not easy by
any stretch of the imagination, but it is not all bad either. There’s autistic joy, sensory bliss, specialised interests, autistic culture and community. There are many ways in which being autistic can enrich our lives.

Finally, Autism Awareness campaigns are often run by non autistic-led organisations and are generally designed to elicit sympathy for autistic people, and often sympathy for those who care for us. They often focus on our challenges without looking at our strengths or offering solutions to the barriers we face. There is talk of "living with autism" or the "cost of autism". Make no mistake, we face many barriers and obstacles - but many of these can be overcome with knowledge, understanding and a willingness of all parties to make adaptations. That's the significant part often missing from awareness campaigns.

So, what is Autistic Acceptance all about then, and how does it differ? Many autistic people and autistic led organisations advocate for Autistic Acceptance as a natural progression from awareness. Acceptance is not just about helping parents to accept their child's diagnosis or identity. It is also about helping autistic adults to accept their own too.

Acceptance is about acknowledging both the challenges and joys that come with being autistic. Autistic people can and do contribute meaningfully to society, and often because of their being autistic as opposed to despite being autistic. Particularly when we are well supported.

Autistic acceptance is all to do with finding solutions and strategies to our challenges and the barriers we face with empathy and understanding. It’s empowering autistic people by arming them with increased self knowledge.

Acceptance encompasses embracing the joyful aspects of being autistic. Acceptance is not about giving up or accepting defeat. Acceptance is not about stopping trying to have a good life. It's about working with the fact that you or your loved one is autistic rather than fighting against it. It's about stopping trying to "fix" or "cure" autism.

Autistic acceptance helps protect our mental health as autistic people. When we stop seeing ourselves as broken, we can start the process of healing from past trauma. We can reframe our narrative about our life. We can be authentically ourselves.

Autistic acceptance for family and friends means learning about and supporting autistic communication and sensory differences. It’s listening to autistic people from all sections of society and learning from their experiences.

For wider society it’s acknowledging that autistic people have innate worth as human beings. That we deserve opportunities just the same as our non autistic peers. It’s access to quality support and equitable access to services.

Acceptance is about fostering a deeper knowledge and understanding from autism. It’s all about improving the quality of life of autistic people.

Marion and Flick@AUScot

02/04/2022

***Long Post***

Chris putting into perfect words, why it's important to remember that we all grow and improve. Making a mistake doesn't make you a bad person, and we can always fix things.

Happy Autism Acceptance Day, everybody! ❤️🎉🌈

I'm going to talk about something different for World Autism Acceptance Day. I saw this in my Facebook Memories, so I want to talk about how advocacy (and advocates) can change over time.
This was me in 2015, a few weeks before I started Autistic Not Weird. You may notice that this post is loaded with language I wouldn't use today. "Awareness" rather than "Acceptance", "Asperger's" since it was my diagnosis, person-first language ("having autism") rather than the far more validating "being autistic". Oh, and "mild autism", because this was shortly before I learned about the damage of functioning labels.

In a post I made one year earlier, I wrote that autism involved "a 70% chance of having something else wrong with your brain too", referring to co-occurring neurotypes (ADHD etc). Because that was how I saw it in 2014. It's how the world around me encouraged me to see neurodivergence!

Bloody hell, I've changed a lot. And ironically, this post which I wouldn't share "with just anyone" later became a blog post with over 300,000 hits. It was people's comments on this post that gave me the idea for ANW. But along the way, I've had a steep learning curve.
Half of it is the fact that the movement is always evolving. In 2015 it was fine to say I had Asperger's, but these days people find my oldest articles and judge them by today's standards. Not much I can do about that.

But the other half is the honest fact that **I didn't know better at the time**.

I'm very glad that I had a lot of resilience at the start of my advocacy journey. I hear countless tales of people- autistic or otherwise- being "corrected" in a way that sounds like judgement rather than guidance, to the extent that they quit advocacy, withdraw from conversations about autism, or become so afraid of the internet's judgement that they keep silent altogether. This is done to them by people- again, autistic or otherwise- who obviously believe they're doing right by the neurodivergence movement, but lose sight of the fact that movements are made up of individuals, and individuals need support and guidance rather than raw correction.

The reason I'm sharing this old post of mine- which remains invisible to most people to this day- is to advise those who need to hear it that **people can change and can learn over time**.

The non-autistic professional who sincerely loves their clients but shares blue puzzle piece pictures from A$ may one day be advising colleagues to not make the same mistakes that they did.
The loving parent who has been instructed to use person-first language and doesn't know the preferences of the autistic community may one day be teaching their friends about neurodivergent-friendly language.
And of course, the autistic wannabe advocate who uses fairly harmful language and has been taught to see autism negatively may end up becoming me in 2022.

Things on the internet happen so quickly, and we often forget that people need time. If you see someone sharing outdated symbols today, I'd ask you to not make the immediate assumption that they're ableist and anti-autistic. Uninformed is not the same as ignorant, and inexperienced is not the same as contemptuous.

(This is not to ignore the fact that some people DO treat us with contempt, and some people know *exactly* how harmful autistic people believe certain symbols to be whilst sharing them anyway. So I'm not saying "be friendly to everyone on the internet who hates you" because frankly there are badvocates on Facebook to whom I give a VERY wide berth.
But I'm not talking about them. I'm talking about friendly Aunt Sandra or Mary the speech therapist who approach autism from a place of compassion but aren't yet equipped with certain bits of knowledge, but who would absolutely be receptive to learning once it's accessible to them.)

People who advocate for autism need time to learn and grow as advocates. And in my opinion, one of the best things we can do for people new to the autism scene is GIVE them that time.
Because I'm very glad I had it for myself.

Happy Autism Acceptance Day, everyone. :) -Chris Bonnello - Author

31/03/2022

28/03/2022

22/03/2022

It's here! Our crowdfunder to raise money for our book is now LIVE! Please, like and share as much as you can, and if you're in a position to donate, please do!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/highland-inspire-the-book?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

This is also where we'll be collecting sponsorships for our upcoming Mini Music Marathon (details and video coming soon), so keep your eyes peeled in the meantime! 😁

Our charity initiative, Highland Inspire, has been on the go now for almost two years: we… Jodie Sandiford needs your support for Highland Inspire: The Book!

15/03/2022

Expectation vs reality

There remains a lot of stigma and misunderstanding surrounding TS. With outdated simplistic views on it being 'the swearing disease' or a punch line, we aim to challenge this perception.

What is TS for you?

To learn more about TS, co-occurring conditions and symptoms please visit https://buff.ly/359CqN3.

10/03/2022

Your pain is valid even if... 💜

💊 You think someone else has it 'worse'
💊 You don't have a diagnosis yet
💊 You feel you aren't 'sick enough' to deserve help
💊 You've been invalidated in the past

Societal stigma and misinformation about chronic pain (such as believing people are 'overreacting') is incredibly harmful and can cause people who have chronic pain to believe they aren't worthy of help

So, if you're struggling with internalised stigma and invalidation, this is a reminder that you are valid 🌈

Whether you've only had chronic pain for a few months or years, whether you've been told that 'it can't be that bad', whether you believe you deserve help or not... You are valid. Your pain is valid 💜

ID: An illustration of the text "Your pain is valid even if...
You think someone else has it 'worse'
You don't have a diagnosis yet
You feel you aren't 'sick enough' to deserve help
You've been invalidated in the past". The first sentence is rainbow and underlined in purple, while the following sentences start with illustrations of pills. Below the writing is a bright rainbow

09/03/2022

28/02/2022

27/02/2022

Tomorrow (Monday 28th Feb) marks the beginning of Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Please join us in helping to raise awareness, and consider donating to BEAT, a UK eating disorder charity. ☺💙

22/02/2022

Guess what we're currently working on...

(Hint: it's new and shiny!)

22/02/2022

Fab news!

Response from Infrastructure & Environment, to your enquiry FS-Case-402956360

Thank you for your email. This has now been rectified and spinning cones have been fitted on the underside of the boxes.

Kind regards
Street Lighting Department

Eye Inspire group raising issue of lack of road-crossing aid for blind and partially sighted people outside on Academy Street, Inverness (outside train station)

To enable people with sight loss to cross the road safely, tactile cones that can spin have been introduced to the underside of the signal box at controlled crossings.

These are vital aids and yet there is currently no cone on the traffic lights directly outside the train station.

Watch this space to find out how we get on raising this with Highland Council.

22/02/2022

Filming for Inspire Highland promotional film this Saturday 26 February 1 - 2.30 at Hilton Community Centre

22/02/2022

SAVE THE DATE!

Possible date of Saturday 9 April to do the audio recording of Angus the Autism bear picture book for primary age pupils.

Recording will be at the Music Shed in Inverness with the fabulous David!

Musicshed

17/02/2022

A windy Thursday afternoon? Perfect time for some art… 😊🎨🎶

14/02/2022

14/02/2022

First blog post is live! Check it out to see what's all new and shiny about our new website 😄📰🎉

https://www.highlandinspire.org/blog/our-new-website

So, chances are that if you’re reading this just now, you’ve found your way to our new and improved website for Highland Inspire – congrats! (And thank you so very much for paying us a visit) We hope you enjoy reading this quick little break-down of what’s new with this different site, and w...

14/02/2022

Our new website is live! Premier blog post coming later today at 6pm GMT 😄🎉
https://www.highlandinspire.org

Spreading disability awareness and all-round positivity toeverybody,everywhere Get involved! Welcome!Highland Inspire is a project dedicated to raising awareness of disabilities and all forms of additional support need, both in the Highlands and beyond. We’re a small but creative bunch, and hope t...

05/02/2022

5 days to go!

One of our editors is currently writing a non-fiction pitch about how writing helps her cope with her mental health. What are some things you do to keep yourself looking up?

[Image description: the words 'mental health matters' spelled out with black Scrabble tiles on a grey granite background.]

04/02/2022

Our new and improved website - with our magazine, disability resources, colouring-in pages and so much more - goes live in 6 days' time!
In the meantime, who can guess what this picture represents on our resource index?

01/02/2022

A reminder for those of you that need to hear this: medical trauma is real trauma 💜🏥

Whether that trauma is from procedures, tests or the poor treatment from doctors, your experience is valid

Being disbelieved by doctors when you're sick is extremely traumatic - knowing that you need help but not being listened to is awful

Being told that your trauma isn't real on top of that makes the whole thing even more hurtful

What you went through is valid and how it has impacted you is too. You deserved better. You deserve better now too 💕

[ID: An illustration of a stethoscope listening to a cartoon rainbow heart that's surrounded by multicoloured meds. In the bottom right corner is text that reads "medical trauma is real trauma". The word "real" is bold and rainbow and underlined.]

22/01/2022

04/12/2021

And would you believe, you can tell people you're a disability AWARENESS group all you like, you'll still get eugenicist (anti-autism) companies wanting you to let them advertise 😡😡😡

It’s time to listen to the Autistic community (Autistic people NOT Neurotypical people) and start respecting their voices and wishes for the puzzle piece to be thrown out... and yes I will be using identity first language in this post as it’s the preferred language and saying “person with Autism”/ “on the spectrum” detaches the person from their Autistic brain and without our brain we aren’t the same person. Also it sounds like it’s an illness or disease by saying “has” or “with” and that’s not what Autism is and it makes it sound like it’s something that can be cured like an illness… when it can’t. Our brains ARE Autistic, we view the world and life with our Autistic brain… it’s a huge part of us and separating us from our Autistic brain is wrong. We need to ACCEPT AUTISM, and accept that we have Autistic brains. People need to ACCEPT Autistic people better. Being Autistic isn’t anything to be ashamed about and “Autistic” isn’t a dirty word. It’s time to view things differently from our point of view and it’s time to start using the two appropriate symbols for Autism also instead! It’s time to allow Autistic people to have a symbol they like that has a more positive history/ meaning to it than the one created in the 60’s by Neurotypical people without including us.

There’s the rainbow colour spectrum infinity symbol that is for Neurodiversity which Autism is a part. Because Autistic people are more likely to have other neurodivergent conditions too… it’s why the Rainbow Infinity Symbol is the most popular amongst Autistic people.
We also have the gold infinity symbol which was created by Autistic people for Autism Acceptance…. And in the periodic table of elements gold is ‘Au’ which is the first two letters of Autism/ Autistic which is pretty cool. There sadly are some Autistic people out there that wrongly think the rainbow infinity symbol represents just Autism but that’s not true and it never has been.

Sadly people are gatekeeping the rainbow infinity symbol from the whole Neurodiversity community. The Two people who created the rainbow infinity symbol can’t decide if it should be for Neurodiversity as a whole or just Autism. But the Autistic community at most accepts it for neurodiversity due to Autistic people being more likely to have other neurodivergent conditions also. The Neurodiversity movement which is a human rights campaign to create change and acceptance for Autistic people and also all other neurodivergent people, so considering it’s main focus has mostly been on Autism… there’s no need for people to be silly and gatekeep it especially considering the good the Neurodiversity movement does.

Here’s a little bit from Autistic UK website
“The use of the infinity symbol came from the growing popularity of it in spectrum colours to promote Neurodiversity. The idea of endless possibilities and untapped potential resonate through this symbol providing a simple and recognisable concept in one.
Autism is itself a spectrum, but we were looking for a unique identifier (without needing to ‘cure’ it). So the idea of combining the two came to the fore. If Autistics use Gold, then other Neurodiverse communities can use their choice of colour too.”

We need to remember that the puzzle piece symbol isn’t a piece of art. Personal interpretations don’t matter when talking about what it actually means. It was and is used to portray autism as “puzzling”, Autistic people as having a “piece missing” and all in all something to be “fixed”, a sentiment the Autistic community widely resents. Your personal interpretations don’t change what it’s actually used to represent and unless you’re Autistic yourself, it’s not for you to reclaim and even then not for you to decide alone. And seeing the Autistic community widely see the puzzle piece symbol as problematic and stigmatising... it’s time to move on and start using the two symbols chosen by the Autistic community instead. Autistic peoples voices matter the most as THEY are the ones who are Autistic.

Family often view the puzzle piece in a positive light and view the puzzle piece as THEIR missing piece to their family, meaning their Autistic child... but as previously said... it’s not a piece of art and you cannot change the meaning of the puzzle piece symbol and what it has represented for years.
It’s time to be respectful and listen to Autistic people on this matter... it’s not up for debate as the Autistic community for years have already been vocal about this. Move on to a better symbol that is accepted by the wider autistic community and IS NOT stigmatising or harmful to us.
We ask for you to move on from a symbol we consider a harmful symbol and move on to using the infinity symbols we have chosen.

We also must remember that just because YOUR child likes the puzzle piece symbol it’s no excuse to dismiss the the Autistic communities feelings towards it being a harmful symbol. You must realise that parents likes will rub off on their children, so if they like the puzzle piece symbol and use it then the child is going to like it to... it’s that simple. Introduce them to the accepted symbols and explain how awesome they are!

Here’s the conclusion from research about the puzzle piece symbol and if it evokes negative associations (link to this is amongst the links at the end) “Participants explicitly associated puzzle pieces, even generic puzzle pieces, with incompleteness, imperfection, and oddity. Our results bear public policy implications. If an organization's intention for using puzzle-piece imagery is to evoke negative associations, our results suggest the organization's use of puzzle-piece imagery is apt. However, if the organization's intention is to evoke positive associations, our results suggest that puzzle-piece imagery should probably be avoided”

If you want to learn more about the puzzle piece symbol and why it’s seen so negatively so much then there’s plenty links below... I’m not going to go on and on and on and tell you the whole history and ins and outs because you can do that yourself with the links below.
Or just search “why don’t autistic people like the puzzle piece symbol” or “why is the puzzle piece symbol for autism harmful“

We appreciate people listening to the Autistic community and respecting us by making this change. By doing so you help us feel heard, accepted and respected. Thankyou 🥰🥲

https://www.learnfromautistics.com/the-problem-with-the-autism-puzzle-piece/?fbclid=IwAR3KRrs3vzfuCgn-neKRtxnA8teePO_yUtLrSvjnRLj-79UuYqnkSZAVl7w

https://neuroclastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Heres-Why-Most-Autistic-People-Hate-the-Puzzle-Piece-Symbol.pdf

https://autisticmama.com/saying-goodbye-to-the-puzzle-piece/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28823194/

https://intheloopaboutneurodiversity.wordpress.com/2019/03/20/the-ableist-history-of-the-puzzle-piece-symbol-for-autism/

https://www.altogetherautism.org.nz/autism-no-puzzle-nothing-wrong-with-us/

https://ko-fi.com/post/Its-time-to-leave-the-puzzle-piece-symbol-in-the-Z8Z56GM7H