How can clinicians understand #autisticmasking without viewing it as an isolated #autism trait? @mengchuanlai.bsky.social introduces camouflaging through the lens of #impressionmanagement: a universal human practice that shapes how we are perceived by others.
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September 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM
How can clinicians understand #autisticmasking without viewing it as an isolated #autism trait? @mengchuanlai.bsky.social introduces camouflaging through the lens of #impressionmanagement: a universal human practice that shapes how we are perceived by others.
Book at https://bit.ly/3R4Hla4
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What is #autisticmasking and why does it matter? Join @mengchuanlai.bsky.social for an evidence-based webinar exploring #camouflaging, current debates, developmental perspectives and implications for clinical practice.
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#Autism #autistic
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#Autism #autistic
September 3, 2026 at 4:57 PM
What is #autisticmasking and why does it matter? Join @mengchuanlai.bsky.social for an evidence-based webinar exploring #camouflaging, current debates, developmental perspectives and implications for clinical practice.
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#Autism #autistic
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#Autism #autistic
As I started unmasking, I had more encounters where I was actually expressing my real thoughts. 1/3
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #unmasking
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #unmasking
August 30, 2026 at 2:40 PM
As I started unmasking, I had more encounters where I was actually expressing my real thoughts. 1/3
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #unmasking
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #unmasking
I feel the best about myself when I am more myself. But when is masking needed?
Unmask...or maybe even better, master the mask.
🎭 The Autistic Leader with a Thousand Masks
🔗Read the essay:
stalides.substack.com/p/the-autist...
#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking #Neurodiversity
Unmask...or maybe even better, master the mask.
🎭 The Autistic Leader with a Thousand Masks
🔗Read the essay:
stalides.substack.com/p/the-autist...
#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking #Neurodiversity
August 17, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I feel the best about myself when I am more myself. But when is masking needed?
Unmask...or maybe even better, master the mask.
🎭 The Autistic Leader with a Thousand Masks
🔗Read the essay:
stalides.substack.com/p/the-autist...
#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking #Neurodiversity
Unmask...or maybe even better, master the mask.
🎭 The Autistic Leader with a Thousand Masks
🔗Read the essay:
stalides.substack.com/p/the-autist...
#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking #Neurodiversity
I tried fitting in, then standing out, and performed in order to earn acceptance. When it didn't work, I tried all of those things harder.
Until I couldn't anymore. 1/2
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #AutisticBurnout #Burnout #AutisticMasking #unmasking
Until I couldn't anymore. 1/2
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #AutisticBurnout #Burnout #AutisticMasking #unmasking
August 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I tried fitting in, then standing out, and performed in order to earn acceptance. When it didn't work, I tried all of those things harder.
Until I couldn't anymore. 1/2
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #AutisticBurnout #Burnout #AutisticMasking #unmasking
Until I couldn't anymore. 1/2
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #AutisticBurnout #Burnout #AutisticMasking #unmasking
Even though I’ve been unmasking, and sorting out my internalized ableism and internalized capitalism, and other unhealthy cultural messaging, for around eight years now, I still routinely find new aspects to unpack. 1/2
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #AutisticMasking #unmasking
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #AutisticMasking #unmasking
This Isn't Overthinking - Unmasking My Office Part 1
A transcript is available at:
https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2023/10/29/unmasking-my-office-part-1-this-isnt-overthinking/
Here's the first part of a story of what started as a small change led to…
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August 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Even though I’ve been unmasking, and sorting out my internalized ableism and internalized capitalism, and other unhealthy cultural messaging, for around eight years now, I still routinely find new aspects to unpack. 1/2
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #AutisticMasking #unmasking
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #AutisticMasking #unmasking
🧠 Elon & #AutisticMasking 🧠
Learning that autistic individuals use technique called masking. It's coping mechanism to reduce being spotted as different
Bullied as child, someone with autism will mask things they believe got them beat up: gay aspie nerd
Masking gay by torturing / killing the gay?
Learning that autistic individuals use technique called masking. It's coping mechanism to reduce being spotted as different
Bullied as child, someone with autism will mask things they believe got them beat up: gay aspie nerd
Masking gay by torturing / killing the gay?
July 21, 2026 at 4:12 PM
🧠 Elon & #AutisticMasking 🧠
Learning that autistic individuals use technique called masking. It's coping mechanism to reduce being spotted as different
Bullied as child, someone with autism will mask things they believe got them beat up: gay aspie nerd
Masking gay by torturing / killing the gay?
Learning that autistic individuals use technique called masking. It's coping mechanism to reduce being spotted as different
Bullied as child, someone with autism will mask things they believe got them beat up: gay aspie nerd
Masking gay by torturing / killing the gay?
#AutisticMasking is far more than simply adopting a social self, in the way that almost all people do to some extent.
It is, in fact, violating your own nature for the comfort of others, or as a means of protecting yourself.
That's a very different thing.
It is, in fact, violating your own nature for the comfort of others, or as a means of protecting yourself.
That's a very different thing.
July 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
#AutisticMasking is far more than simply adopting a social self, in the way that almost all people do to some extent.
It is, in fact, violating your own nature for the comfort of others, or as a means of protecting yourself.
That's a very different thing.
It is, in fact, violating your own nature for the comfort of others, or as a means of protecting yourself.
That's a very different thing.
At times in my life when the external requirements on me have conflicted with my internal needs or reality, the dissonance between those two has proved immense, painful, energy draining, and lonely. 1/3
#AutisticBurnout #BurnoutRecovery #Burnout #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking
#AutisticBurnout #BurnoutRecovery #Burnout #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking
May 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
At times in my life when the external requirements on me have conflicted with my internal needs or reality, the dissonance between those two has proved immense, painful, energy draining, and lonely. 1/3
#AutisticBurnout #BurnoutRecovery #Burnout #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking
#AutisticBurnout #BurnoutRecovery #Burnout #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking
Masking isn't just exhausting. It's cortisol dysregulation, autoimmune risk, identity loss, and physical collapse. The research is clear. The body pays the price.
#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking #Neurodivergent
#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking #Neurodivergent
May 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Masking isn't just exhausting. It's cortisol dysregulation, autoimmune risk, identity loss, and physical collapse. The research is clear. The body pays the price.
#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking #Neurodivergent
#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking #Neurodivergent
Autistic Masking saved my life
I won't apologize for playing the unconscious game that we're designed to play.
#Lore #Neurodivergent #Personal #Autism #Self-improvement #AutisticMasking #Synesthesia #BryantReview
gardinerbryant.com/autistic-mas...
I won't apologize for playing the unconscious game that we're designed to play.
#Lore #Neurodivergent #Personal #Autism #Self-improvement #AutisticMasking #Synesthesia #BryantReview
gardinerbryant.com/autistic-mas...
Autistic Masking saved my life
I won't apologize for playing the unconscious game that we're designed to play.
gardinerbryant.com
April 25, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Autistic Masking saved my life
I won't apologize for playing the unconscious game that we're designed to play.
#Lore #Neurodivergent #Personal #Autism #Self-improvement #AutisticMasking #Synesthesia #BryantReview
gardinerbryant.com/autistic-mas...
I won't apologize for playing the unconscious game that we're designed to play.
#Lore #Neurodivergent #Personal #Autism #Self-improvement #AutisticMasking #Synesthesia #BryantReview
gardinerbryant.com/autistic-mas...
Explore the relationship between Autistic masking and wellbeing
#AutisticWellbeing #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking #AutismAcceptanceMonth #AutisAwarenessMonth
#AutisticWellbeing #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking #AutismAcceptanceMonth #AutisAwarenessMonth
Unmasking: What It Is and Why It Matters for Autistic Wellbeing
Explore why the concept of Autistic masking and unmasking is so important to the Autistic community.
neurohubcommunity.org
April 23, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Explore the relationship between Autistic masking and wellbeing
#AutisticWellbeing #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking #AutismAcceptanceMonth #AutisAwarenessMonth
#AutisticWellbeing #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticMasking #AutismAcceptanceMonth #AutisAwarenessMonth
Stop autistic masking. Try relational bridging instead. #autistic #autisticburnout #autisticmasking #neurodivergent #autism
April 21, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Stop autistic masking. Try relational bridging instead. #autistic #autisticburnout #autisticmasking #neurodivergent #autism
I did people-pleasing and #AutisticMasking disguised as "customer service" until I had nothing left. 1/3
April 18, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I did people-pleasing and #AutisticMasking disguised as "customer service" until I had nothing left. 1/3
A lot of what I had to unlearn when unmasking wasn't so much my own beliefs about myself, it was other people's concepts of what I "should" or "shouldn't" be that I had internalized over the years and accepted as true. 1/2
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #unmasking
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #unmasking
April 12, 2026 at 1:12 PM
A lot of what I had to unlearn when unmasking wasn't so much my own beliefs about myself, it was other people's concepts of what I "should" or "shouldn't" be that I had internalized over the years and accepted as true. 1/2
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #unmasking
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #unmasking
I want to float an idea.
There's a version of being sensitive to the other person, of being aware of them and attuned to them, that isn't #AutisticMasking. 1/3
There's a version of being sensitive to the other person, of being aware of them and attuned to them, that isn't #AutisticMasking. 1/3
March 30, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I want to float an idea.
There's a version of being sensitive to the other person, of being aware of them and attuned to them, that isn't #AutisticMasking. 1/3
There's a version of being sensitive to the other person, of being aware of them and attuned to them, that isn't #AutisticMasking. 1/3
3. I am very #authentic to myself other than being the same as the crowd. I am my own person no matter what, anytime, anywhere. I rather be myself than have to be like someone else to fit in. It has came across with #autisticmasking. It made more sense when I read into it more about it.
#BlueSky
#BlueSky
March 23, 2026 at 12:13 PM
3. I am very #authentic to myself other than being the same as the crowd. I am my own person no matter what, anytime, anywhere. I rather be myself than have to be like someone else to fit in. It has came across with #autisticmasking. It made more sense when I read into it more about it.
#BlueSky
#BlueSky
For Autistics, how people-pleasing usually develops is when the people around you are either telling you explicitly or kind of subtly giving you the message over and over and over, that your natural autistic reactions to things aren’t acceptable. 1/4
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AutisticMasking
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AutisticMasking
March 20, 2026 at 6:05 PM
For Autistics, how people-pleasing usually develops is when the people around you are either telling you explicitly or kind of subtly giving you the message over and over and over, that your natural autistic reactions to things aren’t acceptable. 1/4
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AutisticMasking
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AutisticMasking
Masking isn't the same thing as being sensitive to other people. And being sensitive to other people isn't the same thing as masking. 1/2
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #unmasking
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #unmasking
March 17, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Masking isn't the same thing as being sensitive to other people. And being sensitive to other people isn't the same thing as masking. 1/2
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #unmasking
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #unmasking
At some point after learning to unmask, I started incorporating back more sensitivity and more attunement to the other person. Thinking about what their history is. What is it that they need? What will go over well? 1/2
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #AutisticMasking #unmasking
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #AutisticMasking #unmasking
March 12, 2026 at 2:28 PM
At some point after learning to unmask, I started incorporating back more sensitivity and more attunement to the other person. Thinking about what their history is. What is it that they need? What will go over well? 1/2
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #AutisticMasking #unmasking
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #AutisticMasking #unmasking
Uta Frith says masking isn't real. Huh. That's weird, because there's a whole academic book (among other things) written about it.
Autistic Masking was published in 2023.
Somehow, I doubt she's read it. Sigh.
#AutisticMasking #AutismResearch #AuDHD
Autistic Masking was published in 2023.
Somehow, I doubt she's read it. Sigh.
#AutisticMasking #AutismResearch #AuDHD
March 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Uta Frith says masking isn't real. Huh. That's weird, because there's a whole academic book (among other things) written about it.
Autistic Masking was published in 2023.
Somehow, I doubt she's read it. Sigh.
#AutisticMasking #AutismResearch #AuDHD
Autistic Masking was published in 2023.
Somehow, I doubt she's read it. Sigh.
#AutisticMasking #AutismResearch #AuDHD
Happening tonight at 6pm UK time! Autistic Masking and Identity!
neurohub.blog/events/6D0A7E
#ActuallyAutistic #autisticmasking #autisticidentity #autiaticwellbeing
neurohub.blog/events/6D0A7E
#ActuallyAutistic #autisticmasking #autisticidentity #autiaticwellbeing
Neurodiversity In Discussion... : Masking And Identity Management
Masking gets talked about like it’s a costume party gone wrong. Smile more. Sit
still. Act “normal.” End of story.
This episode says: not so fast.
In the next Neurodiversity in Discussion, our...
neurohub.blog
February 23, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Happening tonight at 6pm UK time! Autistic Masking and Identity!
neurohub.blog/events/6D0A7E
#ActuallyAutistic #autisticmasking #autisticidentity #autiaticwellbeing
neurohub.blog/events/6D0A7E
#ActuallyAutistic #autisticmasking #autisticidentity #autiaticwellbeing
Autistic masking is a trauma response; there was a good reason why it started, and it’s going to bring up all sorts of insecurities to not protect yourself in this way. 1/2
#AutisticMasking #unmasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity
#AutisticMasking #unmasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity
February 9, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Autistic masking is a trauma response; there was a good reason why it started, and it’s going to bring up all sorts of insecurities to not protect yourself in this way. 1/2
#AutisticMasking #unmasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity
#AutisticMasking #unmasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity
I think the essence of masking is that you're taking on harm to yourself in order to avoid doing harm to others.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
February 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I think the essence of masking is that you're taking on harm to yourself in order to avoid doing harm to others.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
We can only override our needs for so long before the effects of doing so become unignorable.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #unmasking #AutisticBurnout
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #unmasking #AutisticBurnout
January 26, 2026 at 3:35 PM
We can only override our needs for so long before the effects of doing so become unignorable.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #unmasking #AutisticBurnout
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #unmasking #AutisticBurnout