Masking
Welcome to the Explainer Section of our website! Here, you’ll find a collection of short and engaging explanations designed to help people with disabilities reduce the emotional labor of self-advocacy.
We have more on the consequences of masking, for Autism specifically, in the Autism explainer section.
What It Is, Why It Matters
As you can see, masking is not just doing more emotional labour, and it is clearly inappropriate to ask of anyone.
How To Create Safe Unmasking Spaces
- Learn to spot and normalize neurodivergent traits
- Choose to interact with neurodiversity outside of negative interactions
- Neurodiversity-specific safe space stickers
Unmasking Is (Sadly) A Privilege
