More teen girls and young women are self-identifying as autistic, giving clinicians a unique opportunity to help patients ...

Prosper Health reports on autistic masking and unmasking, highlighting unmasking as a way to embrace one's true self while managing risks and finding supportive environments.

Masking is a strategy that some autistic folks use to appear non-autistic and be more accepted in society. Researchers are just now beginning to explore masking in autism, so it is hard to say how ...

Experts break down the signs of this behavior and what you can do about it.

Autistic people make these changes in an effort to match dominant social norms. Some ADHD-ers also embrace the concept, though ADHD masking remains under-explored in research. In my late twenties, I ...

Medical professionals have learned a great deal about autism over the years, but there is still a lot unknown. Autism can be explained medically as a bio-neurological development disability, but to ...

The number of children receiving an autism diagnosis has surged significantly over the past two decades. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diagnoses rose from 1 in ...

Like a lot of language tied to mental health, masking has become a bit of a buzzword — but what is masking, exactly, and why do people do it? At its core, masking is the habit of consciously or ...