autistips:[ID: Image depicting three types of camouflaging - compensation, masking, and assimilation
autistips:[ID: Image depicting three types of camouflaging - compensation, masking, and assimilation. Under compensation it lists - coping others’ body language and facial expressions, learn social cues from television/films/or books, watch others to understand social skills, repeat others’ phrasing and tone, practice facial expressions and body language, use social skills learned from media in interactions, use script in social situations, explicitly research the rules of social interactions, and use social skills learned from watching others in interactions. Under masking it lists - monitor face and body to appear relaxed, adjust face and body to appear relaxed, monitor face and body to appear interested in others, adjust face and body to appear interested in others, pressured to make eye contact, pay attention to face and body in social interactions, think about impression made on others, and aware of impression made on others. Under assimilation it lists - feel need to put on an act, conversation with others is not nature, avoid interacting with others in social situations, performing/not being oneself in social situations, force self to interact with others, pretending to be normal, need others’ support to socialize, and cannot be oneself while socializing./]Image provided from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10803-018-3792-6. Entitled “Social Camouflaging Model.” Oh, this is very good! I did/do most of those -- source link
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