Masking is the reason many Autistic adults, particurarly Autistic females, evade diagnosis. Masking does not make us "less" Autistic. It simply means our traits are camouflaged. The CATQ (Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire) test is used to detect masking and broader camouflaging behaviors that often coincide with autism. This test is particularly useful for individuals who have not received an autism diagnosis due to their traits being camouflaged or "hidden" during the diagnostic process. The CATQ is useful in identifying autism because high masking Autistic adults typically have considerably higher scores than their neurotypical counterparts. Therefore, if an individual scores within the range of Autistic respondents, further investigation into an autism diagnosis may be warranted.

In this video, watch take the CATQ and discuss both my responses and results. See the link to CATQ test and video chapters below for easy reference.

You can find the test here:
https://embraceautism.com/catq/#test

00:00 Introduction
00:31 What is the CATQ test for autism?
03:05 I take the CatQ questionnaire
03:55 Question 1
04:25 Question 2
04:36 Question 3
04:53 Question 4
05:07 Question 5
05:48 Question 6
05:59 Question 7
06:10 Question 8
06:23 Question 9
06:55 Question 10
07:29 Question 11
07:55 Question 12
08:18 Question 13
08:39 Question 14
08:58 Question 15
09:43 Question 16
10:09 Question 17
11:04 Question 18
11:41 Question 19
12:27 Question 20
12:43 Question 21
13:16 Question 22
13:57 Question 23
14:13 Question 24
14:45 Question 25
15:07 Reviewing my results of the CATQ
16:49 Final thoughts about autistic camouflaging

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References:
Development and Validation of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CATQ) (Hull et al., 2018) (https://link.springer.com/article/10....)

Gender differences in selfreported camouflaging in autistic and nonautistic adults (Hull et al., 2019) (https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper...)

Disclaimer: I am not a medical or mental health professional. This video is simply meant to share community experiences and is not medical advice.