By Láyla Messner
What is high-masking autism?
Being high-masking is an adaptive response developed by some autistic people to survive in a world built for neurotypicals.
High-Functioning
There are many harmful myths about high-masking autism. Some people think we're "high-functioning" or that we have "mild" autism. But the truth is...
Survival Response
In order to avoid bullying, rejection, and abuse, a subset of autistic children––especially girls––develop the ability to mask, or hide our autistic traits and support needs.This comes at a cost...
Autistic Burnout
High-masking autistic adults are drowning in burnout from a lifetime of unmet support needs.
The Chameleon Collective
High-masking autistic adults deserve spaces where we don’t have to break ourselves just to survive.We deserve a community where our disability is validated.We deserve lives that work with our autistic brains, not against them.We deserve to thrive!That's why I created the Chameleon Collective.
The Chameleon Collective is a membership community for high-masking autistic adults ready to break the burnout cycle together. It's your nervous system sanctuary.
Eric Lewis
"I have also learned so much about autistic burnout — what it is, how it has affected me, and what can be done to manage it and not let it control me.”
Anne
"I have yet to find an autistic adult anywhere that is able to explain in such vivid detail. Thank you so much for sharing your experience."
FL Crandall
"There’s all these systems of oppression around being autistic and neurodivergent, and we don’t see them. Layla helped me see these invisible things that were causing harm."
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