To add on about masking, you basically become self aware about the things that make you different so you hide what you can. But hiding it burns you out because you're performing as who you think you should be instead of being who you are.
I mask at work so when I tell people I'm autistic they're like "oh wow it must not be strong". It urks me haha but it's because my work suit mask is strong.
Same exact situation here. "Oh but you don't look/act autistic" ignoring the ableism in that sentence, yeah it's cause I'm faking being someone I'm not to not be penalized.
hope you all have a good next week
Black parents be like "you're not autistic, I told you to stop doing the thing, and you stopped doing the thing"
That's called figuring out how to mask right? While I'm not autistic, I'm still trying to understand what masking is.
Yeah, masking is the correct term.
To add on about masking, you basically become self aware about the things that make you different so you hide what you can. But hiding it burns you out because you're performing as who you think you should be instead of being who you are.
I mask at work so when I tell people I'm autistic they're like "oh wow it must not be strong". It urks me haha but it's because my work suit mask is strong.
Same exact situation here. "Oh but you don't look/act autistic" ignoring the ableism in that sentence, yeah it's cause I'm faking being someone I'm not to not be penalized.