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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe start by not invalidating their experience by calling it "high functioning." That's just another way of saying that the autism doesn't affect others, but ignores the affect it has on the autistic person. And masking is exhausting. You could begin to build a better relationship if you don't expect them to mask around you. -Autistic adult[/quote] Advice for getting them NOT to mask around parents? Or most people. I see a funny insightful human hiding behind a veneer. It’s so hard to get to the real person. [/quote] For us when adult asd child “unmasks” it means angry episodes or crashing / going to bed early or no speaking an all. He just can’t keep up the act once home after work or being with others. They get that side of him, we do not— unless we invite people over. Though son has taken o disappearing upstairs under the guise of “work” but really just reads the internet or watches Netflix a lot. [/quote]
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