In our research, we identified commonalities across autistic adults’ experiences of burnout. The person may have difficulty ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a recent study published in PLoS ONE, researchers examined the workplace masking experiences of neurotypical, autistic, and neurodivergent non-autistic adults. Study: The workplace masking ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As diverse as the experiences of children and teens on the autism spectrum are, one sobering fact holds true: Autistic youth are more likely to think about and die from suicide, and at earlier ages, ...