How old is a "young adult"?

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I'm asking since this is the Adolescent Autism Forum and it's for teenagers and young adults.
I'm 25. Am I too old to be here? I have to admit, I still get weirded out at the fact that I am a grown-up even though I've been one for the past couple of years. Maybe it's cuz I'm an Aspie and I still have difficulty acting my age and adapting to the grown-up world.
So at what age are you no longer considered a young adult but just an adult?

There's no way to determine that. It varies based on the person. But, for most people, I would say around 25+. By that time, most people would probably have some sort of education past high school and some work experience. Basically, the age where you shouldn't be still living with your parents. As a "young adult" if you're living with your parent's that's generally still acceptable.

The term "young adult" is yuppie PC slang for "child" and this helps them during arguments with their offspring, in case they get reminded that their kids are just that...Kids. "You need to start acting like an adult" But kids these days know it all! You are either an adult or you aren't. The line is either drawn at 18, or it's drawn by someone's current state of mind, which fluctuates often enough in people of all ages so much that the actual word itself becomes meaningless.

I think you are still young enough, maybe when you turn 26 or 27....it's around that age that you should start going to the adult section.

I think it's fine that people who are no longer considered adolescents are in this subforum.

I think 16 is probably young adult.

18-24 years old.

I was told that anyone in their 20's and 30's is a young adult. I am 28 and people consider me a young adult. I am really immature for my age and I still act like I'm a teenager because of my Asperger's Syndrome.

I've also heard that phrase being used for adolescents.

I'm still 16 years old as far as I'm concerned.

It's an aspie forum so I don't think your age matters too much.
"failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental level" (DSM)

That's my case, too. I'm 25, but I don't think I fit the mature forum, because there it says "ages 30 and up" and "living independently", two things that can't be applied to me.

It shouldn't matter.

At the age of 12, I was annoyed at being still called a child, but that was probably just to do with peer pressure, particularly from my older brother.

Later, I couldn't wait to get out of my teens, so that I could be considered an adult, but what difference does it make really?

Many people go through their whole lives without ever growing up, while some people who are very young may be more mature.

I just wouldn't bother about what other people think.