If you were diagnosed as neurodivergent later in life—autistic, ADHD, or otherwise wired differently—there’s a good chance you’ve spent years masking. You may have learned early on to hide parts of ...

Discussions of masking in the adult autism community have taken place for decades. Masking refers to the suppression of autistic traits and the adoption of behaviors to appear more neurotypical. I ...

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 ...

Like a lot of language that is tied to mental health, “masking” has become a bit of a buzzword—but what is it, exactly? And why do people do it? At its core, masking is the habit of consciously or ...