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Category: PASSING

MASKING AND PASSING – WHAT IT IS, WHY IT’S BAD

09.06.2015 4 comments Article ABLEISM, AUTISM, PASSING, TERMINOLOGY

WHAT MASKING IS AND WHY IT EXISTS Masking means suppressing everything about yourself that is visibly autistic to appear non-autistic. Appearing to be non-autistic is what we call “passing” – it’s short for “passing as non-autistic”. ON A PERSONAL NOTE: I prefer to use the term “Camouflaging” instead of masking. “Masking” implies putting a mask […]

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