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By Natalie Wintle Key Takeaways The "Looks" Fallacy: Autism is an internal neurodevelopmental identity, not a visual aesthetic or a uniform set of external behaviours. The Power of the Halo Effect: Conventional attractiveness, poise, and social compliance often act as barriers, causing clinicians, employers, and peers to dismiss deep internal distress. Adaptive Camouflaging: High-masking is a heavy, systemic survival response - not a privilege or an effortless accomplishment.

🗓 Coming this September… I'm starting my own private therapy practice. Cue the excitement! Also cue the nerves, the overthinking, and...