The author of this text poses a unique way of viewing autistic masking. They view autism as being a visible neurominority group. Within that neurominority group, camouflaging is defined as a form of assimilation to neurotypical social norms.

This study undertook an analysis of tweets from the #TakeTheMaskOff movement in 2018. The tweets revealed autistic people's perceptions of and attitudes towards masking. Analysis of the tweets revealed that autistic people's awareness of neurotypical people's negative responses to them compelled them to mask more. Autistic people in these tweets reported experiencing discrimination against stigmatized minority traits, such as self-stimulatory behaviors, and thus repressed those traits. Autistic people reported engaging in camouflaging behaviors to avoid negative consequences. Many autistic people viewed camouflaging as protecting them from discrimination and neurotypical violence.

In conclusion, this article provides some useful insights into autistic masking and the neurominority status. More research needs to be done on the concept of neurominority status to determine if neurodiverse people identify with this label.