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However, I don't think this is specific to autism or any other related disorder. Lots of NTs I know all look different from their age, be it older or younger, usually older and by a few years. Autism is mostly just your brain wired differently, right? Eh... I don't know. I'm not really an expert on the whole thing...
You're right. Nobody looks
exactly their age. When I was 20 somebody told me I looked 18, and I thought ''it's only a two-year difference - what's the point of even saying that?!'' When I was 18 I looked exactly the same as when I did at 20, and so do most other people.
I've got an Autistic friend the same age as me, and he looks much older. And I've got an NT friend who is 33 and she really does look about 15 - she really does. Sometimes it depends on what you wear (not always, but sometimes). Ever heard older relatives say to younger relatives, ''oh he/she looks so grown-up in those clothes!'' when they're all dressed up?
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