Cass Boe’s Reviews > Taking Off the Mask > Status Update

"While in his book, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, American sociologist Erving Goffman discussed how all humans navigate social situations as a stage to perform appropriately in front of others and to avoid shame, it is fair to surmise that this so-called 'stage' is about quadruple the size for autistic people and surrounded by hot lava" (47)

"Instead, we should ask how environments, such as schools and workplaces, can be made more inclusive so that they no longer impose the obligation to mask" (10)