Do you hide your Autism from NT's?

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I sometimes blurt it out in my mid-conversation brain freeze. I'm deffinately not ashamed of it though, ASD is part of my personality and I'm very happy with who I am.

I dont think its necessary for me to tell anyone.

I tend to tell most people I'll either have dealings of whatever flavour with (people at work, consultants, etc.) that I have autism right from the start, or I'll explain it to them when I feel it must be getting obvious that I'm a little 'off'. I honestly never feel a need to hide it, though I won't tell it to random strangers.

everyone just thinks I'm shy. I get told I'm shy all the time. If someone asks me a question and I'm slow to respond or I do something wrong or back away from someone someone never fails to say, "Oh, she's shy!" and I smile like I always do and that's it.

I do hide it and I hardly ever tell people, unless it's people of authority (teachers and I've told college in my application) and if someone has it themselves I don't mind letting them now. People never notice anyway they just think I'm shy or gullible, and that's not so bad because there are shy, gullible NTs too so noone thinks anything of it.

Nope, I have really nothing to hide anymore

I don't tell most people. But it's hard to hide because of the way I act in public.

Perhaps I hide it. People just think I'm shy and intelligent. I'm socially awkward but I don't annoy people (I downplay my obsessions in public so as not to appear too weird). My lack of small-talk and brutal honesty makes people think of me as some kind of sage. People sometimes laugh at little inferences and commentaries I make, not because they sound silly but because my insight and honesty are unusual.

I like being open about myself but I can describe my strengths and weaknesses without bringing up any labels.

AS, not autistic, but I'll post anyway:

I do try and hide it, but people usually sense it anyway.

I make it public really, kind of a nice big flag I wave to symbolise why I act weird, it saves time explaining later if i'm honest. That and it lets me explain when they ask 'how do you know this?' or 'why are you so smart' - my constant reply: 'Asperger Syndrome, greatest thing that ever happened to me' lol

i cant hide it, nor ever tried, most ppl either think autism or something along the lines of mental retardation, when im having a more high functioning moment, they basically jus assume something is wrong but dont put two and two together, and move on lol. my bf is turning his car into an autism car for car shows he does a lot of car benefit shows apart of his car club, and a lot of my town already know im autistic, jus by seeing his car around or me in his car, me either handing cards out during april awareness month, me wearing a random autism awareness shirt, or them guessing or my bf says something, but i do the same thing everyday eat the same places, and if i go anywhere out thats different in my schedule i think when ppl see a person with thick headphones, making mmmm noises, rocking, and playing with a rubber keyboard they prob assume something lol, i honestly dont care, i dont even notice theres ppl around me really, its weird.

i had to edit this, because i realized there was times where i did try to hide my stims when i was in special ed classes in college, i tried so hard to fit in with the outside crowd because being seen as always in the "special" classes even in college can be nerve racking, and other places prob back when i was around 18-19. now i dont do much but jus be myself. i dont flap unless excited, happy, or giggling, but i do hand wring, bite my hands, flicker my fingers around my face and play wiht my keybo rubbin it all over my face and i rock and headshake, and rub and bite my phone constantly, along with swaying. anyways had to edit that because i hate if i do tell the smallest wrong info

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How does one hide their autism?

I don't tell alot of people I have it, but hiding the traits sounds incredibly difficult.

I do my best to stop myself from flapping and rocking when I'm out and about (I don't usually feel like doing such when I'm at home, as I'm not as overwhelmed), with various degrees of success.

Most times, I'm sure I look normal enough, but there's some times where I'm too overwhelmed I can't stop myself from wanting to flap my hand/s and sway.