Do autistic people age better than neurotypicals? Given we are often neglected, derided, and abused in our younger years, are we more used to the marginalisation of ageism when we get old (whatever 'old' means)? As I get closer to sixty, I have not achieved various benchmarks that the average person is supposed to have obtained and I have missed many so-called rites of passage. I cared about all that in my younger years but I certainly don't now. Not giving a rat's arse has made me a happier person today. I really don't care about the wrinkles, the lack of a relationship, and so on. Yet these things terrify a lot of people.
I wonder how the popular and handsome neurotypical young guy in his twenties copes with the losses that come with ageing. Maybe he's fine with it but if so, he needs good coping mechanisms and a reasonable level of acceptance. If not, all the cosmetic surgery in the world is not going to give him back his youth.
I wonder how the popular and handsome neurotypical young guy in his twenties copes with the losses that come with ageing. Maybe he's fine with it but if so, he needs good coping mechanisms and a reasonable level of acceptance. If not, all the cosmetic surgery in the world is not going to give him back his youth.
