News12 New York
N12 Originals
Numbers & Links
Local
Crime
Weather
Politics
Taxing Long Island
Stony Brook Medicine
Vote 2026: Long Island primaries

Long Islander creates special flag neuro-diverse population

Josh Mirsky is a 29-year-old member of the New York State Autism Advisory Board.

News 12 Staff

Jun 15, 2023, 9:58 AM

Updated

Share:

More Stories

A Long Island advocate is calling for more representation of neurodiverse people, and he created a special flag just for them.

Josh Mirsky is a 29-year-old member of the New York State Autism Advisory Board who designed a flag to represent the neuro-diverse population.

Mirsky’s flag won out of more than 30 designs in December. It's called the Neuro-Diversity Strength Flag.

GUIDE: Autism resources for tri-state organizations

Josh tells News 12 the board will be finding funding to market his design.

Neuro-diverse conditions include ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia and more.  





More Stories

Top Stories

App StoreGoogle Play Store

info

Newsletter

Send Photos/Videos

Contact

About Us

News Team

News 12 New York

follow us

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

more resources

Optimum Corporate

Optimum Service

Advertise on News 12

Careers

Content Removal Policy

© 2026 N12N, LLC

Privacy Policy

Terms of Service

Ad Choices