It's more about noticing the effort masking requires and the toll it has on us. And also noticing the fact that for many people it's not a choice, it's a necessity. Many of us needs to mask to be able to survive, but it comes at a price. We're being vocal about that price.

Cause people get mad if you say higher or lower functioning, so they say higher or lower masking instead. I assure you, being higher masking is NOT taking pride in hiding your autistic traits. It’s a learned defense mechanism because of how weave been treated our whole lives. I’m high masking because my entire childhood, my mother forced me to. It comes from trauma, not pride.