high-masking

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Adjective

high-masking (comparative more high-masking, superlative most high-masking)

1. (psychology, of an autistic person) Engaging in a high level of masking; prone to concealing or subduing one's autistic traits.

   Antonym: low-masking

   • 2023, Jolene Stockman, Notes for Neuro Navigators: The Allies' Quick-Start Guide to Championing Neurodivergent Brains‎^[1], page 34:

     Privilege works both ways – a high-masking autistic has the privilege of choosing whether or not to share their identity, while a low-masking autistic has the privilege of not having their identity doubted or questioned.

   • 2024, Rebecca Sparrow, Madonna King, Out of the Box: A One-stop Guide to Navigating Neurodivergence‎^[2], unnumbered page:

     'Rules are very important to my girl and she will always follow them, also she is a high-masking autistic and tends to shut down rather than meltdown, so she rarely gets in trouble.'

   • 2024, Tom Equels, The Horseman's Tale‎^[3], unnumbered page:

     My high-masking autistic personality, having achieved a semblance of “normalcy” by listening carefully to every word and every nuance, caught the hidden subtext.