Have you ever heard of neurodivergent masking? It’s something that is done in different situations where people don’t feel comfortable being themselves.
Although it can be done by neurotypical and neurodivergent people alike, it is more common amongst neurodivergent people.
It is something that can put a lot of pressure on people to behave a certain way and can be harmful.
Sources
- “Masking Is Life”: Experiences of Masking in Autistic and Nonautistic Adults | PMC | December 2021
- Masking at Work for Neurodivergent People | A Very Well Mind | February 2023
- What Is Masking in Mental Health? | A Very Well Mind | December 2022
- Dyspraxia Awareness Week: Girls Are ‘Sliding Under The Radar’ For Diagnosis Warns Charity | Huffington Post | May 2016
- Gender Differences in Objective and Subjective Measures of ADHD Among Clinic-Referred Children | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience | December 2019
- Shining a Light on a Hidden Population | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | May 2022
- What Is ADHD Masking? | A Very Well Mind | November 2023
- Masking and Mental Health | Nebraska Autism Spectrum Disorders Network | Sage Journals | November 2016
- Quantifying and exploring camouflaging in men and women with autism – PMC | Sage Journals | June 2020
- “I want to fit in… but I don’t want to change myself fundamentally” | Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders | November 2022
- “Having All of Your Internal Resources Exhausted Beyond Measure and Being Left with No Clean-Up Crew” | Autism in Adulthood | June 2020
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