Hiding who you are is an uncomfortable and exhausting experience. For many autistic people, that experience is a daily reality. In places where the full spectrum of neurodiversity is not understood or ...
There are many steps that you can take to help prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. One of these is wearing a mask. When it comes to masks, there are a variety ...
As more employees are called back into the office, a new workplace trend is emerging, especially among Gen Z: task masking. This growing phenomenon involves looking busy while doing little meaningful ...
Elizabeth Radulski sits on the advisory board for Untapped. Autistic people make these changes in an effort to match dominant social norms. Some ADHD-ers also embrace the concept, though ADHD masking ...
Living with ADHD presents unique challenges, and one that often flies under the radar is masking. Masking involves concealing ADHD symptoms through learned behaviors, often as a way to blend in ...
Discussions of masking in the adult autism community have taken place for decades. Masking refers to the suppression of autistic traits and the adoption of behaviors to appear more neurotypical. I ...