40 designs, 29 of them about autism and neurodiversity, the rest for mental health and for other conditions that have their own awareness months. Before choosing one, decide who will wear it: the autistic person, a parent or grandparent, or a teacher. The shirts are written differently for each, and a shirt in the wrong voice reads oddly.
One detail matters more than it looks. The puzzle piece is the traditional autism awareness symbol, and 3 designs here use it. Many autistic adults prefer the rainbow infinity symbol and the word acceptance over awareness. If the shirt is for an autistic adult rather than a parent, the designs about acceptance, kindness or neurodiversity are the safer choice.
For autistic people themselves
Written in the first person, for the person who is autistic: the superpower shirts, the stimming joke, "not a disability".
Autism 24:7 · Autism Awareness Just Let Me Stim Bro · Autism Is My Superpower Autism Dinosaur · Autism Is Not A Disability · Autistic About Baseball · I Am Au Some Autism Puzzle · Mutism Seeing The World Differently
For parents and grandparents
9 designs for the family, mostly autism moms, with grandparent and supporter versions. These are the ones to buy for a family going to an April walk together.
Autism Awareness Support Care Acceptance Love Community · Autism Awareness Supporter · Autism Doesn’t Come With A Manual It Comes With A Grandma · Autism Mom Autism Awareness Love Raising A Hero Advocate · Autism Mom Like A Normal Mom Except Much Stronger · Autism Mom Often Stressed A Bit of A Mess Totally Blessed · I Wear Blue For My Grandson Autism Awareness · In my autism mama era Autism Puzzle · Let Your Light Shine Autism Mom
For teachers and special education staff
More teacher designs are on the teacher shirts page.
Autism Periodic Table Special Education Teacher · Autism Teacher Pencil
Acceptance, kindness and the puzzle piece
Autism Advocate Neurodiversity Autism Awareness · Autism Awareness Accept Understand Love · Autism Awareness Be Kind Puzzle · Autism Definition Autism Awareness · Autism Fall Leaves · Autism Heart Autism Advocate · Autism Watchlist Together · Embrace Neurodiversity Not All Great Minds · In A World Where You Can Be Anything Be Kind Autism Awareness · In A World Where You Can Be Anything Be Kind Rainbow Be Kind Autism · In A World Where You Can be Anything Be Kind Autism Awareness
Mental health
World Mental Health Day is October 10.
Be Kind To Your Mind Mental Health · It's Okay To Not Be Okay Floral Brain · Mental Health Matters · Mental Health Matters
MS, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Down syndrome
Each has its own month and its own colour, and people who wear these care about getting both right. In the US, October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month, November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month (purple) and March is MS Awareness Month (orange).
Down Syndrome Support Squad · Everything Changed Alpha-Gal Syndrome · I Have MS But MS Does Not Have Me · I Wear Silver For My Dad Parkinson's Awareness · MS Awareness Ribbon · MS Understood · Retro Alzheimer's Awareness Flowers
Cancer ribbons are on their own page: cancer awareness shirts. The full range of this page is the autism and awareness shirts collection.
