Conceal, Don’t Feel – The Silencing of the Autistic Community through the Denial of Self-Diagnosis

For a long time, autistic children were taught to hide who they were – to mask and conceal themselves. Autism (and the language around it) was filled with shame and euphemisms. Much of what society knew about us was ableist research carried out by people who did not consult us. Now, autistic people are no