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Yes, we can improve our social skills with practice like anyone else, but autism can't be rid of. Difficulty socializing is just one out of many parts of being autistic anyway. Good luck with your journey :)
Of course the dark side is that there's a fine line between learning better social skills, and self-destructive masking.
I've hear of masking but I'm not clear on what it is. Can people without autism do masking? Or is it just people with autism?
Masking is the term for a neurodivergent person acting as if they are neurotypical. I'm sure there are some analogous behaviors for neurotypical people, but I don't think they're really quite the same thing, honestly.
Masking feels like making fun of NTs but none of them get the joke