Understanding the Reasons, Contexts and Costs of Camouflaging for Autistic Adults

Camouflaging everywhere and switching it on and off were both linked to poorer mental health.

Cage, E. & Troxell-Whitman, Z. (2019). Understanding the Reasons, Contexts and Costs of Camouflaging for Autistic Adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(5), 1899–1911.

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Journal article

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doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-03878-x

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Against the abstract, 15 September 2026

Why it is on the list

A survey of 262 autistic people looked at why, where and at what cost people camouflage. Camouflaging heavily across contexts was related to poorer mental health, and so was switching between camouflaging in some contexts and not others. That second finding is why week 6’s ledger charges for switching as well as for running.