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.
