When does Adolescence end for us?

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I read that adolescence officialy ends at 25. But that is for NTs. Does it end later for us.

I hope so, I'd like to learn a language or instrument at 40.

I'm past 50 and I don't feel a day over 17. If anything I think my Executive Function probably peaked around 35 and has been in a slow, steady decline ever since.

for the atheists, at the grave. for the rest of us, at the pearly gates

adolescence ends???

I don't think I really ever was a teenager except in the physical sense, I kept on being a kid during my teen years and I kind of still am. Although at thirteen I was told my intelligence was up there with 18-year-olds. And when I turned 18 it seemed everyone else the same age acted... like idiots. Nearly every person I've liked or gotten along well with has been at least a decade older than me, and yet my hobbies and special interests seem odd for a 39-year old women: video games, cartoons, drawing, toy collecting and crafting (for myself not other people), animated "kids" movies and books...sometimes I still read children's books like Dr. Suess out loud when I'm all alone.

Psysiologic adolescense ends much earlier than neuropsychologic adolescense. If it ends later in autistic population, it would not stop the cognitive impairment related with age.
But most middle-aged people are able to learn a language or an instrument.

what does adolescence versus adulthood have to do with learning a language or an instrument?

I'm 27, but I don't feel like an adult at all. I feel more like a teenager. I don't expect that to change anytime soon.

maybe the OP was referring to peter pan syndrome?

he isn't referring to anything. he's asking a question. and as far as I know, it ends at the same time as it would for a neurotypical.

i assumed he is asking about the neuroplasticity that goes with youth, that allows us to learn new skills more easily.

i think we lose some of it as we age, but some depends on how much we exercise our minds.

on the other hand, i have also experienced a steady degradation in my ability to learn (especially memorizing) since my 20's, and it's not like i haven't pushed myself (or been forced by circumstances) to learn new skills and information.

but i still CAN learn... it's just harder. and i really have to be hands-on these days.

NEVER!