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Category: Masking

Several Star Wars Lego Stormtroopers surrounding an office worker Lego figure at a desk, who looks scared
Advocacy, Autistic Adulthood, Masking

Lessons from a Co-worker from Hell

May 20, 2021

I’ve spent many years teaching myself how to pass as a Neurotypical person for at least a few hours a day.  While my ability to mask in public has served me well in helping me to hold down jobs and such, it’s also taken a […]

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A gold plaque of three connected drama masks: comedy, terror, and tragedy.
Coping, Living in the NT World, Masking, Myths and Misconceptions

Passing By Masking

February 11, 2021

We talk about “masking” a lot in the Autistic community – the strenuous process of pretending to be neurotypical.  There’s a lot of discussion around whether masking is healthy or unhealthy, the toll it takes on our mental health, and whether it’s good, bad, or […]

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A dark-haired woman in a light blue shirt looks uncomfortable in the foreground while another woman and two men, all in light shirts and khaki or grey pants, talk and smile in the background; one of them is looking in her direction
Autistic Adulthood, Masking

I Know They Mean Well…

July 16, 2020

This isn’t a great, well thought out post, but it’s necessary today.  If you’ve ever dealt with well-intentioned NTs, I think this situation will be familiar to you and I honestly don’t know how to handle it, so I think we should talk about this. […]

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Masking: Ace the Interview, Fail the Job

January 21, 2019

I was recently relieved of my day job, and in the course of deciding on my next path, I’ve been looking into what assistance might be available to me.  At one point in this search, I was dealing with a rather pretentious young man in […]

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