People call it a social skill when an autistic adult makes the room comfortable. Camouflaging research measures something quieter: the strategies used to hide or compensate for autistic traits, and the cost of doing that work in public. This is Autism Digest’s first research brief. It stays inside published numbers. It does not offer a cure, a training program, or a new way to diagnose anyone. What masking and camouflaging are In 2017, Laura Hull and colleagues asked 92 autis