Camouflaging of autistic traits may make autism harder to diagnose. The current study evaluated the relations between camouflaging intent, first impressions, and age of autism diagnosis. Participants comprised autistic and non-autistic adults (n = 80, 50% female) who completed the Camouflaging of Autistic Traits Questionnaire. They were later video-recorded having a conversation with a person unaware of their diagnostic status. Ten-second clips from half these videos were later shown to 127 non-autistic peers, who rated their first impressions of each participant. Results showed that autistic participants were rated more poorly on first impressions, males were rated less favourably than females, and male raters were particularly harsh in their evaluations of autistic males. Camouflaging intent did not predict first impressions but better first impressions were linked with a later age of diagnosis.

伪装自闭症特征可能使自闭症更难诊断。目前的研究评估了伪装意图、第一印象和自闭症诊断年龄之间的关系。参与者包括自闭症和非自闭症成年人（n = 80, 50% 女性) 完成了自闭症特征伪装问卷调查。他们后来被录像，与一个不知道他们的诊断状态的人交谈。这些视频中有一半的 10 秒片段后来被展示给 127 名非自闭症同伴，他们评估了他们对每个参与者的第一印象。结果表明，自闭症参与者的第一印象评分更差，男性的评分低于女性，男性评分者对自闭症男性的评价特别苛刻。伪装意图并不能预测第一印象，但更好的第一印象与较晚的诊断年龄有关。