[HTML][HTML] The Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory (CATI): Development and validation of a new measure of autistic traits in the general population

MCW English, GE Gignac, TAW Visser…�- Molecular autism, 2021 - Springer
Background Traits and characteristics qualitatively similar to those seen in diagnosed autism
spectrum disorder can be found to varying degrees in the general population. To measure�…

Sex shapes gut–microbiota–brain communication and disease

KC Hokanson, C Hern�ndez, GE Deitzler…�- Trends in�…, 2023 - cell.com
Research into the microbiota–gut–brain axis (MGBA) has entered a golden age, raising the
hope that therapeutics acting on it may offer breakthroughs in the treatment of many�…

Self-reported camouflaging behaviours used by autistic adults during everyday social interactions

J Cook, L Crane, L Hull, L Bourne, W Mandy�- Autism, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Autistic people may camouflage their innate autistic social behaviours to adapt to, cope
within and/or influence the predominately neurotypical social landscape. This study�…

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsic excitation-inhibition imbalance affects medial prefrontal cortex differently in autistic men versus women

S Trakoshis, P Mart�nez-Ca�ada, F Rocchi, C Canella…�- elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Excitation-inhibition (E: I) imbalance is theorized as an important pathophysiological
mechanism in autism. Autism affects males more frequently than females and sex-related�…

Both sex-and gender-related factors should be considered in autism research and clinical practice

JF Strang, AIR van der Miesen, R Caplan…�- …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
540 Autism 24 (3) many autistic individuals experience an incongruence between assigned
sex and gender identity (van der Miesen et al., 2016). In a recent Dutch study, around 15�…

“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�…

Associations between social camouflaging and internalizing symptoms in autistic and non-autistic adolescents

CJ Bernardin, T Lewis, D Bell, S Kanne�- Autism, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Autistic individuals experience higher rates of psychiatric comorbidities than their peers.
Camouflaging, the process through which individuals hide autistic traits, can be detrimental�…

[HTML][HTML] The workplace masking experiences of autistic, non-autistic neurodivergent and neurotypical adults in the UK

A Pryke-Hobbes, J Davies, B Heasman, A Livesey…�- Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Masking entails hiding or concealing one's traits during social interactions. Research
suggests that masking is particularly common for autistic people, though many non-autistic�…

“You must become a chameleon to survive”: Adolescent experiences of camouflaging

CJ Bernardin, E Mason, T Lewis, S Kanne�- Journal of Autism and�…, 2021 - Springer
Camouflaging includes strategies used by individuals to mask or hide autistic traits.
Research has shown that both autistic and neurotypical individuals engage in camouflaging�…

Camouflaging in an everyday social context: An interpersonal recall study

J Cook, L Crane, L Bourne, L Hull, W Mandy�- Autism, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Camouflaging is a social phenomenon operating within everyday social interactions of
autistic and non-autistic people. The current study explored autistic adults' camouflaging in�…