Alcohol masked my autism so well, that nobody noticed it until I got sober

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Flood, C. (2023). Alcohol masked my autism so well, that nobody noticed it until I got sober. Women's Health, 19, 17455057231180986-17455057231180986. https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057231180986

Publication date: 1 Jan 2023 Added to AutiHub: 14 Sep 2026 Type: Article Article language: English
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1
Publication authors identified as autistic
1 / 1 (100.0%)
  1. Chelsey Flood *

Abstract

A personal story about how alcohol can be an effective but problematic masking tool for autistic women.

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Cited bibliography overview

These indicators describe the bibliography cited by this publication. An author name is counted each time it appears in one cited reference, so the same person can be counted more than once. Names not yet linked to an author already present in AutiHub are treated as unknown, not as non-autistic. Last computed: 19 Sep 2026 01:01.

Cited references
5
With a DOI
3
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
2
0 / 5 (0.0%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
1 / 5 (20.0%)
References with detected author names
5 / 5 (100.0%)
Without detected author names
0
Without a structured title
1
Without a stable identifier
2
References with raw author names still to review
0
References with external metadata lookup issues
0
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Author names detected in the cited bibliography
18
From DOI or external metadata
18
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
0
7 / 18 (38.9%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 11 / 18 (61.1%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
0 / 18 (0.0%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 0 / 7 (0.0%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 0 / 18 (0.0%).
  1. Linda M Kronenberg , Karin Slager-Visscher , Peter JJ Goossens , Wim van den Brink , Theo van Achterberg (2014). Everyday life consequences of substance use in adult patients with a substance use disorder (SUD) and co-occurring attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD): a patient’s perspective . BMC Psychiatry, 14(1), 264-264. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
    Type: Article DOI: 10.1186/s12888-014-0264-1 OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/W2120772301
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  2. Georgia Lockwood Estrin , Victoria Milner , Debbie Spain , Francesca Happé , Emma Colvert (2021). Barriers to Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis for Young Women and Girls: a Systematic Review . Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 8(4), 454-470. Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
    Type: Article DOI: 10.1007/s40489-020-00225-8 OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/W3095823263
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  3. Kurchak S. (2020). I overcame my autism and all I got was this lousy anxiety disorder: a memoir . I overcame my autism and all I got was this lousy anxiety disorder: a memoir.
    Type: Other
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  4. Rosemarie B Wilson , Andrew R. Thompson , Georgina Rowse , Richard Smith , Amber-Sophie Dugdale , Megan Freeth (2023). Autistic women’s experiences of self-compassion after receiving their diagnosis in adulthood . Autism, 27(5), 1336. SAGE Publications.
    Type: Article DOI: 10.1177/13623613221136752 OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/W4308999950
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  5. Lockwood Estrin G (2020). bibr3-17455057231180986 Rev J Autism Develop Disord, 8(8), 454.
    Type: Other
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