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Sep 16, 2023 · Masking is the act of suppressing or concealing neurodivergent traits in schools and workplace in order to appear neurotypical. It is often commonly experienced by autistic people. With ableism, stigma, judgement and potential discrimination sadly still widespread, it often feels habitual for a neurodivergent person to mask or change their ...
- So What Is Autism Masking?
- An Example of Autism Masking
- Were Teachers at School concerned?
- Why Do You Think Children ‘Mask’ Or ‘Camouflage’ Autism?
- So Is Masking A Good Tool For Children with Autism?
- Did An Autism Diagnosis Help Him to Be Happy?
Autism masking is a term used when children with ASD learn, practice and perform certain behaviours and suppress others to fit in with the people around them. It’s a common situation in schools to not spot the signs of a child masking autism, meaning teachers don’t see anything that would lead them to believe the child has ASD. When they’re at home...
We spoke to one of our parents, whose child mastered the art of masking very young – making it very difficult to diagnose autism… How do you know if your child is masking autism? At first, I didn’t know, in fact, I was so pleased because he got on so well with others – every child he went to play with they had a great time and there was never any a...
No, he was the perfect student. He did everything the teachers asked, everything they wanted him to do, and he struggled to understand why any child would disobey a teacher’s instructions. But he started to become very anxious at home and I raised it with them on a number of occasions – they took my concerns on board and began to investigate them, ...
He knew he was different, he has told me since his diagnosis that he couldn’t understand why everyone else liked things that he didn’t, and why everyone else found things easy that he found hard (like telling jokes and understanding sarcasm). He thought adapting was the right thing to do, everyone else was like that so he felt he should be too, and...
No. As a parent I first thought it was a good thing – he would fit in with others and no-one would know he was different and that would make his life easier. But it took too much effort for him to do it all the time and it made him anxious – and angry – at home. He wasn’t happy. When I realised a lot of the things he did were just to please me, and...
Yes. Knowing that he is different means that he doesn’t feel like he always has to be the way everyone else is. He still masks on occasion – but not so much that it takes all his efforts every day. If he doesn’t understand something that everyone else does he shrugs it off, puts it down to autism, and asks me for an explanation when he gets home. I...
Masking is a strategy used by some autistic people, consciously or unconsciously, to appear non-autistic in order to blend in and be more accepted in society. Masking can happen in formal situations such as at school or work and in informal situations such as at home with family or socialising with friends. Masking is sometimes referred to as ...
Apr 5, 2024 · Masking (sometimes referred to as camouflaging) involves suppressing or hiding one’s behaviors or traits to appear a certain way. Emotional masking specifically refers to hiding or holding back on how one truly feels and presenting a different emotional state to the outside world. People can hide their emotions by altering their facial ...
Apr 26, 2021 · Camouflaging is linked to a heightened risk of depression, anxiety, and suicidality in women with autism. Making a decision to mask when necessary while being more authentic with loved ones can ...
Jul 7, 2022 · Autistic people who mask more show more signs of anxiety and depression, and the strategy may even been linked to an increase in suicidal behaviours (Cassidy et al. 2018). There are several reasons why this could be. Firstly, masking uses up vital resources that we can’t use in other areas of our lives. To put it simply, it is exhausting.
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Apr 26, 2021 · Autistic camouflaging has been shown to be linked to a heightened risk of depression, anxiety, and suicidality in women with autism. Making a conscious decision to mask when necessary—for ...
