how do we all deal with aging, as spectrumites or otherwise

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I grow tons of flowers in my front yard to the delight of the neighborhood.

yes was trying to do that until my dear neighbours thought that since I was outside.I was a fair target.. to hang out in front of my house and park cars across the street, where noone lives And take pictures of me.and convey the appearances of doing drug transactions.. If i did any flower garden work in my front yard. And it seemed that if I had spent much time outside..And was appearing to be tired, would then consistently get night time visits into my yard
Scouring for any yard tools left out or possible yard sheds unlocked. Saw this for years going on for many years.
And Happened to other neighbours yard and tool sheds, was informed,People who did these things were in the 50 and late 50s, Children of other older neighbours inciting these people( their adult children) to make money anyway they wanted, While they indulged themselves in self gratifying drugs and alchohol,as was informed and had seen.
Apparently as I have aged and these people have been jailed this happens much less than before. And a security system.So can feel for the above posting concerning learning the new methods that people seem to use to victimize
older people as we age .Even from other older people supporting their criminal children as they aged,that lived very locally to me.( obviously instilled with different values.)
But otherwise trying to age as gracefully as possible..

Sir Walter Raleigh said of Queen Elizabeth I when she had grew older: "She is a lady whom time has surprised."

Can echo the above post by Auntblabby and above. Time has truley surprised me ....and find myself obliged to say
Not always in a good way..!

I'm not sure how I deal with aging. Mentally, I don't feel much like a competent and capable adult, despite having been living on my own since I was 16. One would think it would become normal for me at some point, yet I still feel like I'm playing pretend adult and not doing a great job of it. Beyond that, physically, my body started breaking down in my 20s. I have some spine issues and nerve damage and the only thing that kept me from getting a dx of MS was the continued lack of lesions on my brain. Docs never could figure out what's wrong with me. Because of that, I didn't experience a sudden jolt at whatever age when your body starts to go to hell...it had already happened years ago. I'm actually in better repair now than I was at 25 thanks to diet and exercise, stretching and such. I suppose I'll keep on doing what I'm doing now.

Really, aging is an abstract and distant concept to me. I don't really know how to see myself as an age and I have no way to truly wrap my head around the possibility of being 80 or whatever...what that might look or feel like. I struggle with planning for/thinking about the long term future. Especially lately, I seem to be more 'in the moment' than ever before. If I'm being honest, I likely deal with aging by not dealing with it, thinking of it, or understanding it at all.

Still dodging most of the typical symptoms somehow, though no doubt my aches and pains are a tad worse than the used to be. The worst thing about it is morbid thoughts about death and the way it may happen to me, though I only seem to get that when I've been alone for too long. I should probably get myself hypnotised into believing religious doctrine, then I'd have lots of company with like-minded people and I'd be able to look forward to a comfy seat in the Good Place.

I'll plan to do physical activities instead of just jumping into them. Sometimes I'll wait to see if there is an easier way to do something.

I read somewhere that autistic folk have a lesser life expectancy than NT's do, sometimes to the effect of a decade or two decades shorter. I am not sure how true that is, but it sounds a bit daunting.