Taxonomy of Terms / III. Power and capture
CNS term. Defined on this site.
The concurrent maintenance of three regimes of concealment, whose costs compound rather than simply add up. In the matrix of neuronormativity these are neurodivergent camouflage, gendered affective labour and racialised threat-mitigation. Their cumulative metabolic cost culminates in burnout.
Source: this page is the definition of record.
How to cite
Ezzy, T. (2026). Triple masking. In Critical Neurodivergent Studies: Taxonomy of Terms. https://criticalneurodivergentstudies.com/taxonomy/triple-masking/. Accessed [date].
In the same tier
Neuronormativity, Compulsory neurotypicality, Neurocapitalism, Neurocapture, Masking
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