Despite the journal’s move, however, the autism puzzle piece, which dates to at least the 1960s, is likely to endure. Autism Speaks has used the icon as its symbol since the group’s founding in 2005 ...

Its origins can be traced back to the late 1960s when the Autism Society of America (ASA) adopted the symbol as its logo. Since the early aughts there has been a growing movement within the autism ...