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ADHD flag (Yieki, 2023)

Found this SVG ADHD flag while poking around Wikmedia Commons - hadn't seen it before so thought I'd share.

The colour meanings are listed as: Orange: behavioural White: cognitive Purple: mood

The design evokes that of the Mental Health flag, though I do not know if this is intentional.

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Psychosis and Schizo Spec Flag Time!

My dear friends of the community! For a community in which so many of us have been called a freak at some point in life, we've had a distinct lack of a coherent freak flag to fly!

Well, no more. There's a new flag in town, and she's a beauty!

The flag is preceded by a number of other flags. @psychotic-pisces collected a number of them, and proposed yet more, here, and there have been other versions and attempts through the years. There can be many flags, and no flag is more right than another, but we did feel that our community might be in need of a simple yet recognisable flag, that would still be rich with symbolism. This is our proposal!

I shall refrain from waxing poetic about the elements of the flag, but the references are as follows:

The symbol used in this flag was proposed by @actuallyschizophrenic here, and has seen fair use in the psychotic and schizo spec communities around these parts.

The colour stripes in the background match the current flag most commonly used for disability pride.

The background is purple, because 70% of all previous proposed flags were purple, suggesting a cultural connection to the colour in our community.

The symbol sits upon a waxing silver-lavender moon, referencing not only tales of lunacy, but also the dichotomous nature of our illnesses, negative/positive symptoms and more.

Finally, the moon acts as a prism on the stripes, creating a disjointed feeling, that we associate with psychosis and disorganization, among other things.

The flag doesn't have a name, I think anyone in the community can call it what feels right. Schizotypy flag, psychosis flag, lunacy flag - you name it! I call it the lunacy flag, but I have provenly bad taste, so call it what feels right!

This flag was a collaborative effort in a community discord for schizo spec folk and psychotic people. There's no way I could have arrived at this design on my lonesome, and I'm forever grateful to our loving, creative, smart and awesome communities!!

Special thanks to a very cool, kind and talented person who goes by 'Orange' in the server, who created the vector file of the finalized flag, which can be found (on Google drive via tumblr) here!

And a userbox template bc why not..

Let's go fly our freak flag! 🧠🔥🎉

(License CCO 1.0 Universal - this flag can be used anywhere, credit is nice but it's not a requirement!)

Other formats, color annotated version and image description under the cut

Long format:

Square:

Version of the flag with names of each colour for accessibility:

Image ID of flag: A rectangular flag. The background is purple, and in the middle there's a circle. The circle looks like the moon, with one side in darkness. The moon is dark grey and light silver-grey lavender. On the moon is a symbol commonly associated with psychosis and the schizo spectrum in white. A beam of stripes cross behind the moon from each corner. The stripes are light green, light blue, light grey, yellow and light red. They are similar to the stripes on the disability flag. The beam shifts position behind the moon, so it is parallel above and below the moon, but not directly connected. End ID.

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adhd disabled flag

[requested by: @chimeraaas ]

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Stuttering Pride Flag (2022)

Per the Dysfffluent website:

"Conor Foran designed the flag following a collaborative process and conversation with the team supported by allies.

Community (sea-green) Symbolising the existing community that has used this colour for stuttering awareness since 2009.

Nature (wave motif) Symbolising stuttering as a natural, varied phenomenon.

Liberation (ultramarine) Symbolising the progress and passion of the stuttering pride movement."

A vector version is available on Wikimedia Commons.

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Bipolar Disorder Pride

Two flags by Reddit user scrumptiouscakes posted to r/vexillology.

The flag on the left was made specifically for International Bipolar Day (March 30).

The flag on the right is a more general bipolar flag.

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Little People (Dwarfism) Pride Flag

From Little People of America (Facebook).

Design by Margaret Drew and Jon Morato (2023).

The different shades of green represent the variety of kinds of dwarfism. The variety of sizes of these green rectangles represent the variety of sizes that little people can have. The blue represents allies to the little people community.

SVG version is available on Wikimedia Commons.

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Deaf flag (Sign Union)

Design by Arnaud Balard. SVG version here.

Text from the World Federation of the Deaf:

"Turquoise Blue represents the deaf community and Sign Language, pride and unity.

Yellow represents the color of light, an enlightened spirit, life and "thriving in unison".

Dark Blue represents the earth, humanity and living in accordance with the planet. It is also the color of the WFD, our logo is blue, we wear blue ribbons in support of deaf people, and deaf cultures all over the world recognize blue as representing deaf people. On the International Day of Sign Languages we even celebrate by shining a blue light! Blue is deeply connected to the roots of the deaf community.

All of these colors together represent an awareness of humanity as inherently diverse, a diversity of peoples and languages on Earth. This flag shows that we are here, we belong to this world, we are a part of humanity. Deaf people are a part of a rich diversity that makes humanity better."

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Proposed PCOS Pride Flag. I view PCOS as being a huge impact on my life as an intersex individual, but there is a wide range of ways that PCOS can affect an individual, and some do not identify with the intersex label depending on the severity of their symptoms.  Therefore, I wanted to propose a flag to unite the PCOS community, inspired by the common Intersex flag.

Teal, a commonly used color for PCOS awareness, represents community and healing 

The circle in the middle of the flag represents wholeness and encourages a lack of shame over your body and appearance.

I couldn’t pick a color to go with for the circle, but the white circle is meant to represent how PCOS affects individuals of all genders, while the purple circle, similar to the intersex flag’s meaning, represents an ambiguity between male and female sex characteristics.

Feedback from other Intersex individuals and/or those with PCOS is greatly appreciated!

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Autistic Pride Flag (London)

This 2015 design by Joseph Redford for Autistic Pride London might be the oldest autism-specific (i.e. not general neurodiversity) flag around. It's been featured in the People's History Museum (you can even take a virtual tour!)

Colour meanings according to the PHM info are: - rainbow infinity to represent how autism comes in many varieties - gold because this colour is associated with autism - green represents being true to your nature - purple is for neurodiversity in general

A vector version is available on Wikimedia Commons.

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Ooh! Can you do an OLD flag?

Obstructive Lung Disease Pride Flag

Obstructive lung disease is a category of respiratory disease characterized by airway obstruction. It is generally characterized by inflamed and easily collapsible airways, obstruction to airflow, problems exhaling. Types of obstructive lung disease include; asthma, bronchiectasis, bronchitis, cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Flag meanings:

pink: pride

cyan: obstructive lung diseases

white: difficulty breathing

green: inflammation of the lungs

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Pink BPD flag by nbvalden on Twitter

Archiving this flag created in 2021 by Twitter user nbvalden ("jayval"), who wrote the following when posting it:

hello twitter i made my own bpd [borderline personality disorder] flag because i didn’t like any of the current ones :3 meanings in replies the picture used in the flag is the eris symbol, which symbolizes to the greek goddess of discord ! this is supposed to show how chaotic and difficult having bpd can be but that it’s something worn proudly nonetheless and shouldn’t be stigmatized

also by recovery it means symptom management! please remember that bpd affects how your brain functions and is lifelong; it will never go away, so please be patient and kind to anyone you know with bpd, we’re doing our best :]

Stripe meanings: - top black: devaluation & idealization - top hot pink: intense emotions - white: recovery & awareness - bottom hot pink: unpredictable behavior - bottom black: impulsivity & identity issues

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Alt text: four horizontal lines of red, pink, orange, and blue that are described in original post. A black triangle covers the upper left side of the flag in a style of an anarchism flag.

Made a flag to represent the social model of disability.

Red: using socialism to help disabled people

Pink: combating childhood trauma

Orange: acknowledging the difference between impairments, disability and different abilities.

Blue: acceptance of mental health symtoms, and accommodations at the expense of neurotypical privilege.

Black: the revolution needed to achieve the social model of disability.

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Since OP has explicitly asked for signal boosting I'm also gonna tag @disabilityflagsarchive @radiomogai @liom-archive

I designed a Seizure Punk flag.

The darker purple represents Epilepsy.

The lighter purple and cyan represents Non-Epileptic Seizures.

The dark purple and blue can double as suicide awareness colors.

The yellow represents neurological disorders and neurodivergence.

The white represents invisible disorders.

The black represents dehumanization.

This flag is based on a combination of the voidpunk flag, the two seizure awareness ribbons, and the disability pride flag. It represents the difficulty and invisibility of the lives of people with any kind of seizure disorder, as well as a recognition and unification of the two disorders despite their differences.

It's for all the people who are sick of the lack of help, sick of the lack of information and the judgements and biases found even among medical professionals. It's for the adults who still struggle, despite all of the information being aimed at children and their parents. For people who may be struggling with even basic things others take for granted, because of their seizures. It's for people who are or were angry and done with it all. It is for solidarity among people who have seizures, or people who know someone who does.

People with seizures can face many unseen difficulties and dangers, from poor mental health including suicide, seizure phobia, and (especially in the case of non-epileptic seizures) PTSD, to physical health issues being harmed or even killed by the seizures themselves, or someone else who is ignorant to the subject.

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Sup y'all‼🕊🐚⛓💉

I've made my own new SCHIZOSPEC (↭)💥 super wicked epic cool flag‼‼‼(made by an schizotic bipolar [psychotic schizospec/schizoaffective])

Each color has their own meaning, and even IRL is there❗💪⛓🧪

Is for every schizospec ever, and schizospec only🤘 FEEL FREE to use as pfp and credit me ^___^ my schizopals🤝🥼🗯

I've heard this symbol "↭" was made for schizospecs in general but others say is just for schizophrenia, correct me if I'm wrong please 🤸‍♂️🤼‍♂️🤼‍♂️🧞‍♂️🦸🏼‍♂️🦸🏼‍♂️🦸🏼‍♂️🥗🃏🎭🏴‍☠️

Credit to @actuallyschizophrenic for creating "↭" 🙏🙏🙏.

#schizospecflag #irlcreature hashtags would help a lot to make this more popular, I'd appreciate a real lot🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🧪🧪🧪 reblogs be sick as hell too🤘🤘🤘

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radial dysplasia mad pride flag?

Radial Dysplasia Pride Flag

Radial dysplasia is a congenital difference occurring in a longitudinal direction resulting in radial deviation of the wrist and shortening of the forearm. It can occur in different ways, from a minor anomaly to complete absence of the radius, radial side of the carpal bones and thumb. Hypoplasia of the distal humerus may be present as well and can lead to stiffness of the elbow.

Flag meaning:

Pastel yellow lines: different types of radial dysplasia

Pastel red lines: Syndromes/disabilities often associated with radial dysplasia (cardiovascular Holt-Oram syndrome, gastrointestinal VATER syndrome...)

Bluish grey line: Pride and fighting against ableism

[Image ID: A flag with five diagonal lines from left to right. Their colors are yellow, pastel red, bluish gray, pastel red and yellow. The center line and the lines outside are larger.]

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Alt text: Two versions of a flag that has vertical stripes and a black border around the edges of the canvas. The stripes are described in the original text post. The first image has a picture of a cane in the middle, the second image does not.

could i please have a CFS flag with a cane silhouette? thank you in advance!!

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Cane User Pride Flag

There wasn't any CFS flag sadly... So I made one. Here is the flag without symbol and its meaning. :)

Black frame: fighting against ableism

Dark blue stripe: chronic severe fatigue

Blue stripe: loss of memory and concentration

Light blue stripe: sleeping problems & brain fog

middle stripe: mental and physical exhaustion

light green stripe: muscles, joints pain and headaches

greeen stripe: body weakness and PEM

dark green stripe: chronic pains

Let me know if anything isn't right with the flag or its meanings!

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Alt text: first image is a flag of five vertical bars. They go: red, white, blue, white, red. I think it's a reference to how raynaud's can cause fingers/fingernails to turn a pattern of red, white, and blue in response to cold. My other guess is that red is for blood and white and blue are for cold.

Second image is the same as the first, with the Reynaud's awareness ribbon added to the middle.

Raynaud's Syndrome

I also have Raynaud's Syndrome so I made a flag for that too. I really enjoy spreading awareness in a more lighthearted way for a lot of my disabilities.