“I stated making this at Thriving Autistically’s Constructing Autistic Wellbeing with Rae and Linda. The puppet is me. The black bars are my prison, my mask. The hands are protecting my heart, my heart made with pipe cleaners, soft and exposed. I added extra pipe cleaners for sensory input to help me stim. The flowers and cat represent precious things in my life. The blue is water. I am drowning. I’m proud of this, it shows me. Mental health matters!“ This participant gave m