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Petrolini, V., Rodríguez-Armendariz, E., y Vicente, A.

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Camuflaje en el espectro autista

Article title in English

Autistic camouflaging across the spectrum

Name of journal

New Ideas in Psychology

Year of publication

2023

Volume of the journal

68

Pages of the journal

Keywords

Camouflaging, camuflaje, autism, autismo, masking, enmascarar, compensation, compensación, passing, heterogeneity, y heterogeneidad

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.100992

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Summary in English

Camouflaging may be characterized as a set of actions and strategies more or less consciously adopted by some autistic people to navigate the neurotypical social world. Despite the increased interest that this phenomenon has garnered, its nature remains elusive and in need of conceptual clarification. In this paper, we aim to put forward an inclusive view of camouflaging that does justice to its complexity while also reflecting the heterogeneity of autism as a condition. First, we offer an overview of the main characterizations of camouflaging. This overview shows that current characterizations fail to paint a cohesive picture, and that different accounts emphasize different aspects of the phenomenon. Second, we explore the analogy between camouflaging and passing, which we take to be illuminating to describe some forms of camouflaging, while probably obscuring the study of others. Third, we extend the discussion about camouflaging to currently understudied groups across the autistic spectrum – i.e., children, and adults with linguistic and/or intellectual disabilities. We argue that camouflaging in such groups may differ from what the current literature describes as typical instances of camouflaging. We conclude by revisiting the nature of camouflaging in light of such understudied groups, and we offer some suggestions on how to move research forward.

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Petrolini, V., Rodríguez-Armendariz, E., y Vicente, A.

Article title in Spanish

Camuflaje en el espectro autista

Article title in English

Autistic camouflaging across the spectrum

Name of journal

New Ideas in Psychology

Year of publication

2023

Volume of the journal

68

Pages of the journal

Keywords

Camouflaging, camuflaje, autism, autismo, masking, enmascarar, compensation, compensación, passing, heterogeneity, y heterogeneidad

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.100992

Summary in Spanish

Summary in English

Camouflaging may be characterized as a set of actions and strategies more or less consciously adopted by some autistic people to navigate the neurotypical social world. Despite the increased interest that this phenomenon has garnered, its nature remains elusive and in need of conceptual clarification. In this paper, we aim to put forward an inclusive view of camouflaging that does justice to its complexity while also reflecting the heterogeneity of autism as a condition. First, we offer an overview of the main characterizations of camouflaging. This overview shows that current characterizations fail to paint a cohesive picture, and that different accounts emphasize different aspects of the phenomenon. Second, we explore the analogy between camouflaging and passing, which we take to be illuminating to describe some forms of camouflaging, while probably obscuring the study of others. Third, we extend the discussion about camouflaging to currently understudied groups across the autistic spectrum – i.e., children, and adults with linguistic and/or intellectual disabilities. We argue that camouflaging in such groups may differ from what the current literature describes as typical instances of camouflaging. We conclude by revisiting the nature of camouflaging in light of such understudied groups, and we offer some suggestions on how to move research forward.

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Camuflaje en el espectro autista


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Author´s name

Petrolini, V., Rodríguez-Armendariz, E., y Vicente, A.

Article title in Spanish

Camuflaje en el espectro autista

Article title in English

Autistic camouflaging across the spectrum

Name of journal

New Ideas in Psychology

Year of publication

2023

Volume of the journal

68

Pages of the journal

Keywords

Camouflaging, camuflaje, autism, autismo, masking, enmascarar, compensation, compensación, passing, heterogeneity, y heterogeneidad

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.100992

Summary in Spanish

Summary in English

Camouflaging may be characterized as a set of actions and strategies more or less consciously adopted by some autistic people to navigate the neurotypical social world. Despite the increased interest that this phenomenon has garnered, its nature remains elusive and in need of conceptual clarification. In this paper, we aim to put forward an inclusive view of camouflaging that does justice to its complexity while also reflecting the heterogeneity of autism as a condition. First, we offer an overview of the main characterizations of camouflaging. This overview shows that current characterizations fail to paint a cohesive picture, and that different accounts emphasize different aspects of the phenomenon. Second, we explore the analogy between camouflaging and passing, which we take to be illuminating to describe some forms of camouflaging, while probably obscuring the study of others. Third, we extend the discussion about camouflaging to currently understudied groups across the autistic spectrum – i.e., children, and adults with linguistic and/or intellectual disabilities. We argue that camouflaging in such groups may differ from what the current literature describes as typical instances of camouflaging. We conclude by revisiting the nature of camouflaging in light of such understudied groups, and we offer some suggestions on how to move research forward.

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