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Autistic masking is the act of concealing autistic traits to come across as neurotypical, as if behind a mask. Autistic masking, also referred to as camouflaging, is the conscious or subconscious suppression of autistic behaviors and compensation of difficulties in social interaction by autistic people, with the goal of being perceived as neurotypical.
Video game Country Notes Ref. 2001 Charlie Kane's unnamed son Ian Axness Twisted Metal Black USA [374] [375] 2005 Jade (The Indigo Child) n/a; silent Fahrenheit France [376] 2005 Murky Tatiana Vesyolkina Pathologic Russia: Also appears in Pathologic 2 [377] 2007 Dr. Brigid Tenenbaum: Anne Bobby: BioShock USA/ Australia
The term masking was used to describe the act of concealing disgust by Paul Ekman (1972) and Wallace V Friesen (1969). [2] They thought of it as a learned behavior. Lorna Wing proposed that females' higher levels of masking than males led to their underdiagnosing of having autism in 1981. [7]: 20 [5]: 134
English: Autistic "masking" or "camouflaging" refers to adopting superficial non-autistic behavior. This behavior may be self-imposed or taught through therapies such as applied behavior analysis. Masking behavior in autism may make diagnosis more difficult, and it is correlated with an increased risk of suicidality.
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Engaging in special interests can bring autistic people great joy [25] [26] and many autistic people spend large amounts of time engaged in their special interest. [27] In adults, engaging with special interests has been shown to have positive outcomes for mental health, [28] self-esteem, [29] and can be used to manage stress.
The popular book Population One: Autism, Adversity, and the Will to Succeed [22] was released by 17 year old American author Tyler McNamer in August 2013. In the UK, April 2014 saw the BBC broadcast an episode of Horizon entitled "Living with Autism", featuring Uta Frith. [23] [24] The French novel La Surface de reparation was released in 2015.
Here are some subtle signs that you are considerably smarter than you think. Drake Baer and Chelsea Harvey contributed to a previous version of this article. You took music lessons