This is my third entry on autism and ageing because obviously the subject is dear to my heart. As a disability advocate, I also have a particular interest in people with disability who are older than the usual retirement age. They have considerable challenges regardless of disability. People with autism can be isolated at any age but I think especially so in later decades as a general rule.
My own ageing as a person with autism is going well because I work, I have extracurricular activities, I am in contact with people I want to be around, I am healthy, and I have a reasonable standard of living. It's not the years that count but the other stuff. If I was 20, I might have a certain amount of status in a virulently ageist society, but if I didn't have those other things, my youth would count for nothing.
My own ageing as a person with autism is going well because I work, I have extracurricular activities, I am in contact with people I want to be around, I am healthy, and I have a reasonable standard of living. It's not the years that count but the other stuff. If I was 20, I might have a certain amount of status in a virulently ageist society, but if I didn't have those other things, my youth would count for nothing.
