Aspergers/Autism and feeling child-like

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Here, have another link.

Great link. I will read it and several others like this one in my leisure time. There has been debate whether ToM is modular or non-modular. Dr. simon baron-cohen says that it is in between.

I'vre read both, great papers, but honestly I don't see the connection to feeling child-like (lack of maturity). What is the connection to Theory of Mind or Face Processing? Please help.

We are not saying that there is connection as such. But I believe, perhaps many would be, that the underlying cause of ToM and face processing is same.

I was giving Daspie a paper to refute some of the claims in the paper he gave me is all.

Sorry.

I've re-read the thread about ToM, I support Verlandi's standpoint. The experiments on ToM with autistic children are not valid, language skills also count. Later most of them develop ToM, but, perhaps, not as sophisticated as NTs, bc of communication challenges related to autism. Autistic people have operable "fusiform face processing areas.", which is a prerequisite of ToM, if I'm right.

Most of my adaptive behaviors are severely delayed. None are age-appropriate.

I have a lot of childlike interests (collecting toys, watching Despicable Me movies etc.). In fact, I'd say they outweigh my "adult" interests such as listening to music from the 70s.

Yes, I'm definitely childlike and it's been stable for years, so... in a way I'm not maturing, I'm stuck at one level while most NT around me do evolve and change a lot, not necessarily for the better, but they follow a certain... trend? Current?
At some point the gap started widening with great speed, probably at the end of my 20s and now me at 35 is just wildly different to my fellow 35+ year olds. We've been through pretty similar things in life - we're parents, we have jobs, we have independence but... I'm the odd one out, somehow those experiences pushed me into a different direction completely.
I'm still not sure if I'd swap places with them, or not if I had the chance. My daughter loves the fact that I'm not this serious adult figure and she keeps telling me often to never ever change.

Yes but I fully embrace it