This multi-session support group offers autistic adults a space to explore the relationship between masking and autistic burnout. Participants will discuss how social expectations, sensory overload, executive functioning challenges, and chronic stress can affect energy, identity, relationships, and daily life.

Through facilitated conversation and personal reflection, the group will examine why people mask, how masking may become automatic, and how identity, culture, work, education, and safety can shape decisions about masking, unmasking, and disclosure. Participants will also identify signs and contributors to burnout, reflect on personal patterns and triggers, and share strategies for reducing demands, managing sensory needs, setting boundaries, practicing self-compassion, communicating needs, and accessing support. The group will emphasize that there is no single correct approach and will support participants in finding strategies that fit their individual circumstances and values.