we mask or pull back to a point where we either stim or repetively move or to do aparticular task with our dolls to give us some quiet and semblance of order .when we are overwhelmed by noise fruxtrations being ignored , girls more than boys mask to be accepted by family and not draw attention to ourselves ,or when we are rejected and constantly bullied we then mask or behave in a certain way tobe accepted until; we are bullied and we explode .maskingbrings us comfort and not to stand out when we are undiagnosed or when in my case my father hated having a disabled son due tobthe fact as an major in the british army it affected him socially and his persona .I always masked with my sisters and then they denied I was autistic even after I was diagnosed by prof ian hickey brain and mind institute at Sydney university clinical psychologist