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where are all the females with autism or aspergers hiding? life as a chameleon part i. in my two gold medal award-winning books, i am aspiengi*l and i am aspienwoman, i discuss the female phenotype and how it presents differently from males. one of the areas i have been able to research and ask of my clients is, “how have you managed to hide your autism i have worked with clients for over 20 years who have told me how they hide or not hide their autism. some autistic individuals can and some cannot or do not choose too. these behaviors are referred to as masking, camouflaging, as*imilation, compensation, coping strategies, pas*ing for normal, pretending to be normal or being a chameleon. in order to as*ist with females and males obtaining an as*essment or. diagnosis, i am pre-releasing a part of my book to as*ist professionals in recognizing autistic females and males by asking the. the compensatory mechanisms used by some autistic people i have met and listened to are complex, even going so far as to use one behavior to cover up another. these questions and behaviors come directly from my professional experience as a psychologist working with individuals with autism, giftedness and social anxiety. thank you to all my clients for sharing your stories with me.. the compensatory measures checklist©, marshall 2017, excerpt from my from my upcoming book. . do you feel different than your peers? when was the first time you ever felt different? what is your experience of social interactions with your peers like? they laugh even when you don’t understand why you are laughing? do you take on a persona of always smiling and pleasing everybody? do you make better versions of yourself that based on peers in school, over time? how do you do that? have you ever read books on etiquette, social skills, facial expressions, microexpressions? have you practiced them in front of a mirror? have you practiced making more or less of a facial expression? in particular, have you purposefully changed you smile or facial