
Autistic Masking
My Friend Autism
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The Importance of Masking in Getting a Job Interview
Masking is for the most part the only way an autistic person would ever get a job interview, whatever they're foot in the door. When people class autistic behaviour as inappropriate in neurotypical standards, you have to think about what you've just said. We mask because when we allow ourselves to be our true authentic autistic selves, we are rejected. Right? We are banished. This isn't something we want to do. How can it be classed as deceiving you if we're only doing it so you feel comfortable? So we will be accepted or fit in,. Because if we be ourselves and you don't feel comfortable, we won't fit in. We're not accepted,
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