Autistic MASKING: how do we do it and should we stop?

For many autistic adults, masking is the reason why we “don’t look autistic”. But what is it, does everyone do it and how can it help us, actually? In this video I take a look at some recent research on the topic which identified four categories of “compensatory strategies”, different ways in which autistic people obscure their true selves to fit in with friends, get a job or promotion, or just exist in the neurotypical world. Why Autistic People Seem Weird (Uncanny Valley theory): Why Autistic Women Seem Two-Faced: Study on masking (see Table 1 especially): @Aspergers from the Inside  video on taking off the mask: Galaxy lamp UK link (similar, not identical): Galaxy lamp US link (similar, not identical): Thinking Putty (US link): Thinking Putty (UK link): https://am