The Masking Pipeline
Emma BoultonMy personal Substack
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They kept saying no. They were measuring the wrong thing.
Systems see what I am not. They always have.
School. The health service. The benefits system. Academia. The pattern is the same everywhere. Wrong criteria. Wrong measures. Wrong conclusion.
This is not paranoia. This is a documented featu...
The Timms Review: What's at Stake and Why Autism Researchers Should Care
The government's review of the Personal Independence Payment assessment process, led by Sir Stephen Timms, closes for evidence on 28 May 2026. For most people it will pass without notice. For autistic people, and for the researchers and cli...
When the System Tests Masking, Not Knowledge.
On AI as a reasonable adjustment for autistic academics — and why the stigma around it is costing us researchers we can't afford to lose.
I want to tell you about an interview I sat.
It was a high-stakes academic assessment — a tim...
The Pipeline Made Visible: A Case Study.
Case Study: Sarah A composite illustration of the masking-to-crisis pipeline
Sarah is 34. She has never been diagnosed with autism. Nobody has ever suggested it. She is articulate, holds down a job in administration, and is known by those...
When Mental Health Reform Creates a Crime Problem: The Masking-to-Police Pipeline.
The Mental Health Act 2025 Just Created a Criminal Justice Problem
And nobody’s talking about it.
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Autistic researcher. MA Autism Studies, MSc psychology. I read the policy announcements and research, then tell you what they're actually saying. Unmasked = no euphemisms, just truth.
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