The Finale 3-10 Sep – #TaketheMaskOff How people have been affected by the weeks. Over the past 7 weeks of the #TaketheMaskOff event, I have learned a lot about myself. Reading about the expe… Source: #TaketheMaskOff – Week 7 – Adriana L. White

As the #TaketheMaskOff Challenge draws to a close this week, I decided to look back at the past six weeks and what I’ve written here as part of the challenge, and to see how it has impacted m… Source: The Aspergirl Reflects: Lessons Learned from the #TaketheMaskOff Challenge – THE ASIAN ASPERGIRL

I know most autistics don’t think the mask is who they are, but for me, it was a part of me, a protective coccoon that had finally gotten too small. [Blogger note: I’ll always be maskin… Source: Saying Goodbye to My Old Mask – That Masking Life

I just thought of the PERFECT analogy to explain high-functioning autism and masking to non-autistic people. Imagine you only have a Mac computer and you really need to use a program exclusive to W… Source: Opinion: The treatment of autism seems to focus on making non-autistic people feel comfortable around autism rather than making the … Continue reading Opinion: The treatment of autism seems to focus on making non-autistic people feel comfortable around autism rather than making the the person with autism feel comfortable. – Mike’s Blog

Week 6 27-2 Sep – Coping Strategies. What can help you not to Mask. Using it purposefully? As someone who was diagnosed with autism fairly recently (a professional told me I was autistic in O… Source: #TakeTheMaskOff – Week 6 – Adriana L. White