Tag: masking
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Otherwise Unremarkable
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I learned to read lips before I learnedthey were lying.Smiled when the room smiledlaughed half a second late,hoping no one would noticethe seam.They noticed.Other girls had this language carved into their bones – the unwritten rules, the unspoken hierarchies,who you’re allowed to sit with on Tuesday,why yesterday’s best friendwon’t look…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Masking (And How It Quietly Wrecked My Life)
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If you’re autistic and you’ve ever been told “you don’t seem autistic,” you’re likely familiar with masking. Masking is a set of strategies that autistic persons use to hide autistic traits and appear more “acceptable,” more “normal,” more socially fluent, easier to handle. Sometimes it’s conscious, and sometimes it’s automatic.…