Burnout

Autistic burnout, masking, and the cost of passing.

• Autistic burnout and the cost of masking, for knowledge workers (not the HR version)

  Jul 15, 2026

  Autistic burnout is a predictable output of sustained masking under a neurotypical-coded work rhythm, not a personal coping failure — and the standard corporate interventions make it worse. What actually helps, drawn from AASPIRE and the masking-cost literature.