Camouflaging: psychopathological meanings and clinical relevance in autism spectrum conditions

L Dell'Osso, P Lorenzi, B Carpita�- CNS spectrums, 2021 - cambridge.org
In the last decade, increasing literature focused on camouflaging as a strategy adopted to
cope with social environment by patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A better�…

Autism Voices: A novel method to access first-person perspective of autistic youth

V Courchesne, R Tesfaye, P Mirenda, D Nicholas…�- …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Opportunities to communicate first-person perspectives are essential for self-determination.
However, many autistic youth are excluded from sharing their perspectives, specifically�…

“I just want them to see me as… me”: Identity, community, and disclosure practices among college students on the autism spectrum

KM Frost, KM Bailey, BR Ingersoll�- Autism in Adulthood, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Background: The purpose of this project was to understand how college students on the
autism spectrum integrate their diagnosis into their identity, whether they connect with a�…

Commentary: The construct validity of 'camouflaging'in autism: psychometric considerations and recommendations for future research‐reflection on Lai et al.(2020)

ZJ Williams�- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Research on the construct of 'camouflaging'in autism and its sociodemographic/clinical
correlates has far outpaced the work being done to establish the construct validity of�…

Towards sex-and gender-informed autism research

W Mandy, MC Lai�- Autism, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
644 Autism 21 (6) clinicians note more differences in the RSB domain than in the social-
communication domain, particularly during school age and adolescence. They also point out�…

“Camouflaging” by adolescent autistic girls who attend both mainstream and specialist resource classes: Perspectives of girls, their mothers and their educators

J Halsall, C Clarke, L Crane�- Autism, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Autistic girls' heightened social motivation and associated social coping strategies, such as
camouflaging, mean they may be less likely to receive appropriate support in mainstream�…

" Autism is me": an investigation of how autistic individuals make sense of autism and stigma

M Botha, B Dibb, DM Frost�- Disability & Society, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
There are many different perspectives for understanding autism. These perspectives may
each convey different levels of stigma for autistic individuals. This qualitative study aimed to�…

Adaptive morphing and coping with social threat in autism: An autistic perspective

WB Lawson�- Journal of Intellectual Disability-Diagnosis�…, 2020 - lifescienceglobalca.com
This paper highlights the role of terminology, such as camouflage and masking, commonly
used in autism research. The author suggests researchers question assumptions around�…

Still infantilizing autism? An update and extension of Stevenson et al.(2011)

N Akhtar, J Dinishak, JL Frymiare�- Autism in Adulthood, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Background: Stevenson et al.(2011) examined photographs and language used to
represent autism on chapter websites for the Autism Society of America, autism charity�…

Big Five model and trait emotional intelligence in camouflaging behaviours in autism

E Robinson, L Hull, KV Petrides�- Personality and Individual Differences, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigated the association of the five-factor model and trait emotional
intelligence (trait EI) with camouflaging behaviours (masking and compensating for autistic�…