Masking?

Question

How in the 23andme do I mask well

I need to mask next year for the 8th Grade

I go to America's 1 ableist school

i feel very unsafe at school, and since I live with my single mother who works a lot, I cant be homeschooled

So, how do I mask so I dont get called ableist slurs every 5 seconds

Answer 1

OH GOD UH PLEASE DON'T MASKING JUST COMES TO ME AND IT IS N O T NICE SO UH ANYWAY

I don't think there's a way to make yourself mask naturally so that's good

Answer 2

jUsT dOnT Be AUtIsTiC

fr tho there's no way to mask - it just comes off as unnatural and even more weird. 

However, you can do a few things. 

• Don't talk about your interests too much, it's a key giveaway
• Talk to as many people as you can to get those social skills up - such as after-school clubs
• Don't get emotionally dysregulated when people call you the R slur. Instead, laugh along or don't react at all. Messed up, but it really goes a long way.
• Never go around telling people you're autistic unless they're your friend or someone asks
• Have a diverse friend group, not just people like you

Hope this helps as a fellow autist. 

Comments

carly left, anyways 30 seconds

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Eh still helpful for ppl

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it is

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true. (16 seconds new record)

Answer 3

what even is masking?

Comments

masking is pretending to be neurotypical when you aren't

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It's like uh so you know muscle memory? It's like masking activates when you're around someone you don't know, like, or trust, it's like muscle memory in that way, and when it activates it's like pretending to be someone you're not, except you don't do it on purpose.

Have a great day/night/midnight/ENDLESS VOID OF SUFFERING

-KattTheFennec

Answer 4

Boost again

Answer 5

dont mask

Answer 6

boost cuz I need serious help on how to mask

Answer 7

Don't mask

Also what do u mean u have to mask?

Comments

I dont want ableism

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What do you mean you have to mask?

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What even is masking?

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Acting Neurotypical as a Neurodivergent person to avoid Ableism or general bullying

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Oh. Well, nobody has ever asked me if I had autism or not so I guess to others, I’m just a normal neurotypical person. Quite a few people have asked me how I am very academically intelligent (well they just say “why are you so smart”) and I just tell them that I don’t know or that I read Wikipedia.

That is the truth as all but one time it was asked before I learned about my diagnosis and the one time it was asked after, I told them about Wikipedia and I do read a lot of Wikipedia.

The real reason though is because I have high-functioning ASD.

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sameee tho