Whether it’s using facial expressions that don’t come naturally , mirroring others’, forced eye contact, or reducing visible reactions to sensory sensitivities, masking is a common strategy used by some autistic people in order to blend in and be more accepted within society .
For the approximately 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK , masking can be undertaken consciously...
As a quick disclaimer, I should say that I am not a professional, a doctor or a psychiatrist., I am just a regular person, except I have accidently spent my entire life masking out of fear. I am now an adult (or 42-year-old child, whichever you prefer), and have only recently resurfaced from my lifelong personality projection.
It’s only since my four children, a nine-year-old, a...
