Autistic Women

Women on the autism spectrum, a historically underdiagnosed population due to diagnostic criteria built around white male presentations and the prevalence of camouflaging behaviors

Social Scripting

We Were Never Just Watching: Reality TV Was Our Masking Classroom

May 27, 2026

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6 min read

We Were Never Just Watching: Reality TV Was Our Masking Classroom

Neurodivergent women weren't just watching reality TV — we were masking. Here's how pop culture became our social scripting classroom, and what the research says.

Ashleigh Brown