Background: Masking involves blending in or covering a stigmatized identity, to avoid
discrimination and to “pass” within society. Autistic people often report masking, both�…

Background Previous research has identified an association between masking and mental
health for autistic people. However, the direction of causality and mechanisms involved in�…

Autistic people often feel they have to present as neurotypical or perform neurotypical social
behaviours in order to fit in. So-called'masking'is a social survival strategy used by autistic�…

Background: Autistic masking refers to some autistic individuals' tendency to hide, suppress,
or camouflage their autistic traits, autistic identity, or autism diagnosis. Autistic masking also�…

Mental health difficulties are prevalent among autistic adults. Camouflaging (behaving
differently to fit in) may be a mechanism by which autistic traits and mental health difficulties�…

Background: Autistic masking is an emerging research area, and so far, research has
suggested that masking has a negative effect on autistic people. Masking relates to general�…

In some social situations, autistic people feel pressure to modify their innate social
behaviour (ie camouflage), while in other social situations they feel free to engage in ways�…

Camouflaging is hypothesized to play an important role in developing mental health
difficulties. But this might not be true for everyone. It remains unclear for whom camouflaging�…

Autistic masking is an emerging research area that focuses on understanding the conscious
or unconscious suppression of natural autistic responses and adoption of alternatives�…

Background: Camouflaging involves concealing an autistic identity, for example, by adopting
nonautistic behaviors in social contexts. We currently know little about the relationship�…