Disclosure & Masking at Work – A Guide for Autistic and AuDHD People (Part 3)

Disclosure & Masking at Work – A Guide for Autistic and AuDHD People (Part 3)

This guide is the third part of a five-part Yellow Ladybugs series created with our community to support autistic and AuDHD people to navigate work in a way that actually reflects our lived experience.

Part 3 focuses on the very real decisions autistic and AuDHD people make every day at work around disclosure and masking.

It explores questions many people quietly carry. Do I tell people I’m autistic. What feels safe to share. What feels safer to keep private. How much masking is sustainable. And what the long-term cost of masking can be on energy, wellbeing and identity.

The guide walks through how to think about disclosure as a personal safety decision rather than a moral one, and helps you consider different workplace contexts, power dynamics and your own capacity when deciding what is right for you.

It also unpacks why masking often becomes a survival response in workplaces, how to recognise when masking is becoming harmful, and how to protect parts of yourself while still navigating professional expectations.

This guide is about giving you language, clarity and permission to make choices that centre your wellbeing, rather than feeling pressure to either disclose everything or hide everything.

This is a digital PDF download and is Part 3 of the Yellow Ladybugs Work Resource Series.