Autism masking involves consciously or unconsciously suppressing natural autistic traits, often to avoid stigma or fit in socially. While masking may provide short-term benefits in certain social ...

Source: Lloyd, D. & Light, A. (2025). Masking Authentic Self and Autism. Google Gemini [Generative AI]. In episode 10 of the Breaking Through Therapy Podcast, we spoke with autism coach “Alfi” and ...

Individuals with autism may try to appear more “neurotypical” to protect themselves, but this often comes at a great cost to their mental health. “Autistic masking” or camouflaging refers to the ...

Some autistic teens often adopt behaviors to mask their diagnosis in social settings helping them be perceived - or "pass" - as non-autistic. For the first time, researchers are able to observe brain ...

Some autistic teens often adopt behaviors to mask their diagnosis in social settings helping them be perceived — or “pass” — as non-autistic. For the first time, researchers are able to observe brain ...

The vast majority of women with autism have a history of “masking,” or camouflaging, their symptoms. They do this in order to make and maintain friendships, fit in at school and higher education, and ...

An autism assessor has opened up about some of the “most common” signs of autism he sees in girls. Conor Mc Donagh, who runs Caerus Therapies, shared a TikTok video in which he noted that autistic ...

The number of autistic women is same as the number of autistic men, but women know to hide it well, says research. A study published in the BMJ, found that while the rates of diagnosis for autistic is ...

At the grocery store, a mother guides her child down the cereal aisle. Nearby, a man studies a list on his phone while a cashier rings up a customer’s order with precision. Amid these ordinary scenes, ...