Are autistic individuals often more immature than NT's are?

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Are autistic individuals often more immature than NT's are?

I often got critised by NT's because they see me as very immature person.

It depends how you describe maturity. If you call someone mature because they can keep themselves from overspending money then I am more mature than NTs. If maturity for you is living on your own and having a wife/husband then I am way behind.

However before I was diagnosed with Asperger I was diagnosed with "immature personality disorder" so I must be immature and I can actually see that in my life. I am 30 - people say I am "about 20" and ask me what college I attend.

I know that in some ways I am way more immature than my peers and in others I am quite the opposite.

All my emotions are extremely easy to read and I often feel things quite strongly and express this physically or I feel I will explode. For example, if I'm happy I tend to bounce, clap or flap my hands, and may start skipping from foot to foot. Can't really control that but it's been labelled as 'cute' or childlike by my peers when I apologise for it because I know it is weird. I also can be quite naive or just in general act in ways that are perceived as younger than I am.

On the other hand people see me as very mature because I apparently have more sense than most people at my age and have the correct priorities. I've gotten this all throughout my life. While I can't speak for all of us, maybe for some of us we just are sometimes immature in some ways and perhaps more in others? That has at least been the case with the few fellows on the spectrum that I know.

OP, why so many different threads on essentially all the same topic?