Tag: Burnout

  • Autistic Masking Unmasked – AFI: The Autism and Financial Independence Podcast – Episode 20

    Autistic Masking Unmasked – AFI: The Autism and Financial Independence Podcast – Episode 20

    Hello, and welcome back to The Autistic Writer. The subject of autistic masking is currently a hot topic in the ongoing war of ideas in autism academia. The likes of Uta Frith and Naomi Fisher are effectively pouring scorn on this quintessential autistic experience. The thing is, autistic masking is not straightforward, and can only…

  • Part 20: Autistic Regression

    Can you become more autistic? That’s a pretty provocative thing to ask, but interestingly, people who are diagnosed as autistic later in life often talk about feeling like they have become more autistic after diagnosis.  This sensation is more common than you might think.  Sometimes, people refer to the phenomenon as autistic regression.  But like…

  • Part 6: Autistic Burnout Explained

    Hello, and welcome back to The Autistic Writer. Today, I am discussing one of the most important problems faced by autistic people: Autistic burnout.

  • Part 5: Autistic Masking Explained

    Hello, and welcome back to The Autistic Writer. Wearing a mask is a way of changing or hiding your appearance.  It can be done for fun, for example, when going to a costume party, or it can be done with bad intentions, such as someone covering their face when carrying out a crime. Autistic masking is neither of those things.