Camouflaging is a social phenomenon operating within everyday social interactions of
autistic and non-autistic people. The current study explored autistic adults' camouflaging in�…

Previous research shows that autistic people have high levels of co-occurring mental health
conditions. Yet, a number of case reports have revealed that mental health conditions are�…

Social camouflaging is associated with mental health challenges. In qualitative research,
autistic people consistently link their camouflaging to experiences of anxiety and depression�…

Diagnosticians report that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is immediately apparent in some,
but not all, children ultimately diagnosed. Clinicians' initial diagnostic impressions have�…

Background: To date, few studies have focused on the viewpoints of autistic persons
themselves despite an increasing number of published autobiographies. The aim of this�…

A large body of literature examines parental interpretations of their child's autism diagnosis.
However, research examining intersections between parental disclosure of their child's�…

Current tools for identifying autism are critiqued for their lack of specificity and sensitivity,
especially in autistic people who are older, have higher verbal ability or significant�…

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�…

In the recent years, growing attention has been paid to the use of camouflaging strategies by
adult populations suffering from autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with milder manifestations�…

Many individuals with ASD have a distinctive behavioral presentation that is recognizable
within moments, a phenomenon we call “frank” ASD. This phenomenon has been discussed�…