You are not Autistic because

I'm possibly going off on a tangent here, but it relates to a PIP assessment I had back in 2019. In the assessor's report, she noted that although I had mentioned I was feeling anxious, there had been no visible signs of distress such as rocking in my chair or excessive sweating. She added that I had appeared calm and maintained eye contact throughout the assessment. It basically came across as though I couldn't possibly have been experiencing anxiety related to my ASD because I wasn't exhibiting any stereotypical ASD ('Rain Man') behaviour. 

I can only assume her knowledge of ASD didn't include anything on the subject of masking.

I'm possibly going off on a tangent here, but it relates to a PIP assessment I had back in 2019. In the assessor's report, she noted that although I had mentioned I was feeling anxious, there had been no visible signs of distress such as rocking in my chair or excessive sweating. She added that I had appeared calm and maintained eye contact throughout the assessment. It basically came across as though I couldn't possibly have been experiencing anxiety related to my ASD because I wasn't exhibiting any stereotypical ASD ('Rain Man') behaviour. 

I can only assume her knowledge of ASD didn't include anything on the subject of masking.

I once had he was not rocking in a benefits assessment as if that is the only signifier of stress.