low-masking

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

1. (psychiatry, of an autistic person) Engaging in a low level of masking; not prone to concealing or subduing one's autistic traits.

   Antonym: high-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, Steph Jones, The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy‎^[2], page 153:

     It worries me that for some of us our initial spark of awareness might be snuffed out by dismissive therapists who think they know what autism looks like when their clinical knowledge is limited to low-masking autistics.

   • 2024, Eleonora Marocchini, Irene Baldin, “Cross-Neurotype Communication from an Autistic Point of View: Insights on a Autistic Theory of Mind from a Focus Group Study”, in International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, volume 59, number 6:

     Autistic men's and low-masking perspectives were also less represented.