What Is Autistic Masking (Are YOU Masking Your Autism?) - World Autism Awareness Week

Hi indie people, Autistic masking is a subject that I have been wanting to cover for a long time and today I talk about what is autistic masking. Why autistic people mask their autism from others. Some examples of behaviours people with autism might try to hide and my views on autism and masking. The purpose of this autism video is to educate you to be able to see potential signs of masking and to define whether you mask.

Masking is a trait of autism where autistic people hide their autism from other people in order to be accepted. Autistic masking is also known as Camouflaging, Social Camouflaging or Passing and autistic people might mask in order to come across as more "normal" or neurotypical. Social masking is more common with females with autism but autistic males can mask also. Autistic people can act differently from neurotypicals which might mean we come across as strange. Which sadly can lead to misunderstandings for autistic people. Autistics will predominantly mask in social situations in order to fit in. But I hope by talking about my own experiences with autistic masking that it will raise awareness and add value to the conversation.

This video is apart of a series for World Autism Awareness Week or WAAW:

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WAAW is a time for autistic people and families of autistic people to come together in order to spread awareness of autism around the world. The Autism Awareness Week is running from April 1st to April 7th with World Autism Awareness Day being on 2nd April 2019.

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Hello indie people, I'm Andy and I have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). I make videos on autism from the perspective of an autistic adult. Sharing my autism experiences to help other autistic people and autism families to improve understanding of autism.

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