Roughly 2% of adults in the United States have Autism Spectrum Disorder – that's about 5.4 million people over the age of 18. And a lot of them go through their lives "masking." Social psychologist ...

Masking, sometimes referred to as camouflaging, refers to when someone hides who they are authentically in order to meet an expectation that does not align with their true self. In autistic and other ...

If you were diagnosed as neurodivergent later in life—autistic, ADHD, or otherwise wired differently—there’s a good chance you’ve spent years masking. You may have learned early on to hide parts of ...

More than three quarters (76%) of therapists have seen an increase in clients seeking counselling for ADHD-related issues in the past year, according to a survey of over 2,600 BACP therapists. With 57 ...