Jackie's home nursery

01/09/2024

Kiddos having fun today , of course they will snooze off once they reach home 😆

01/09/2024

22/02/2024

From 20-year-old Izzy ():

Autistic masking can look like...
* Pretending to be interested in a topic
* Using a different voice tone
* Copying the ways other people dress
* Forcing myself to pay attention & focus on a conversation but zoning out
* Constantly monitoring myself
* Hiding my distress toward certain sensory stimuli, eg. loud noises
* Reading off a pre-prepared social script
* Bottling up my thoughts & feelings
* Socialising when I don't want to
* Practicing conversations and facial expressions
* Cancelling plans last minute
* Putting on an act - feeling overwhelmed & anxious by hiding it to appear calm & at ease
* Not using fidget toys when out in public
* Copying others' body language & expressions
* Talking more or less than I'd like to
* Taking on the persona of another person, eg. YouTubers/a fictional character
* Leaving early or going to the bathroom to avoid a meltdown
* Hiding my stims
* Trying to go unnoticed
* Hiding special interests
* Trying to be "normal"
* Forcing myself to make less/more eye contact
* Overthinking how I appeared in past conversations
* Hiding behaviour that is "socially unacceptable"