A woman who has worn a ballgown every day in 2025 to raise awareness of autistic "masking" said she has done some "ridiculous ...

Masking, sometimes referred to as camouflaging, refers to when someone hides who they are authentically in order to meet an expectation that does not align with their true self. In autistic and other ...

Individuals with autism may try to appear more “neurotypical” to protect themselves, but this often comes at a great cost to their mental health. “Autistic masking” or camouflaging refers to the ...

Over the last few years, thanks to incredible awareness campaigns and notable figures like Sia and Christine McGuinness sharing their experiences, the public's knowledge of autism has certainly grown ...

From a young age, I felt sure that something was wrong with me. My earliest memories include having to change nurseries because I was being excluded by the other children. A few years later, aged five ...

Autism spectrum disorder is most commonly thought of as a childhood disorder, especially in young boys. Still, many adults are coming to realize that they have been hiding symptoms, even from ...

One in 36 children in the United States has autism, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — but many don’t learn they’re on the spectrum until adulthood. Those who grow up ...

Some autistic teens often adopt behaviors to mask their diagnosis in social settings helping them be perceived — or “pass” — as non-autistic. For the first time, researchers are able to observe brain ...

It's estimated that about one in 36 US children has autism. But some adults don't get diagnosed until they're in their 30s. A therapist shared five common symptoms, from feeling misunderstood to an ...