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I heard you can some stop having autism by socializing enough. I don't totally understand that. (hexbear.net)
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I'm curious how that could work. That peaks my interest because I've known people who have autism and seem great at socializing. I don't have autism, but I'm very socially awkward, and if autistic people can do that I find it inspirational for my own socializing journey.

A podcaster on Radio Free Totebag casually said it, and idk if it was just as a passing joke, or if they were speaking factually. They mentioned a therapist not liking that they still say they're autistic when it's an old diagnosis.

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[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

There are many types of masking, I can only really attest to two: masking so people don't notice I'm neurodivergent, and one that many of us are familiar with, "professional" masking, where you put on your workplace attitude, laboring with a smile when supervisors are near etc, or dealing with customers in customer service etc, this is a "mask" you are forced to wear as you perform your duty

Similarly for people like me, I have to perform being 'normal' on top of that, otherwise it causes issues because of the societal expectations we live in with this late stage capitalist hellworld

Thats how I think about it anyway