I am 23 years old and I have the face of a 17-19 year old.

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Keep it up for the next sixty years.

ruveyn

Have you ever read -The Picture of Dorian Grey-?

ruveyn

you are rather funny in a strange way

I was born abnormally large, have many autistic tendencies, and was the size of a small man by the end of primary school. By grammar school, older kids asked me to pick things up for them, because I wouldn't get carded. By the end of highschool, I was going bald.

I never assumed that a young person should not be taken seriously, because of his age, and have found that only unreliable people resort to pulling rank, against those who are attentive.

I am 33 and look like I am in my early 20's and some days cashiers will ask me what grade I am in...and are utterly shocked when I tell them I am in my early 30's
My sister who is 3/4 of a decade younger than me, looks older than me.
The best one was when I was 19 and mom told the lady at shoney's that I was 12 so I could eat free...the lady believed her. I said to mom, "You are sacerficing my dignity for a meal"
ohh well.

I am 27 and i still get people saying they thought i was 16. It doesn't help that i am either acting meek and soft spoken or like a naively inquisitive child.

I agree with this. As a NT, I can confirm that aspies do use fewer facial expressions- the aspies I know do, anyway. The face is quite static and doesn't crinkle as much, even when smiling.

My brother (who I believe is an undiagnosed aspie) has always looked much younger than he is. He is 28 but looks maybe 20, max. He once went to the doctor to try and find out why he didn't look his age and to see if there was a cure. lol. The doctor told him he needed a better diet, and more exercise (to build up muscle mass because he is lanky). I can't say whether the advice worked because my brother didn't bother to try it!

My age and what I look like is so far apart that when I tell people, they look at me like a freak.
Most of the time my face is rather static but sometimes I show expression. But I dont smoke, sunbathe, and on top of having the mystery aspie fountain of youth, I also had a grandmother who looked to be 10 years younger than she was.

but the look people give me makes me not want to give out my age. I dont think I would go to the doctor though...I dont like going to doctors.

I am fifty years old now, but I've always looked younger than my age according to what I hear from other people. When I look in the mirror this past year though it seems as if I have aged a lot suddenly in a short time. The past few years have been especially stressful and spirit crushing, which may have something to do with it.


As for judging the age of other people, I really suck at that. If they're very young or very old I can at least get that much, but if they're anywhere in between I have a hard time deciding what decade they're in. As others have pointed out though, lifestyle does play a big part in one's appearance. In the local public health department they have a poster on the wall showing young people before and after they started using hard drugs like meth and crack. That makes a big difference even faster than smoking or sunlight.

I think when you get older other people will envy you for looking younger than you really are.

<< Thats me! 34 year old babyface. I found a solution to being taken seriosly. Basically if I go to work everyday in casual dress, like blue jeans and transformers t shirt, people treat me like..well you know. I started wearing dress shirts to work and basically dressed to outclass everyone else, and it works. I dress like I'm more important so people treat me like I am.

Both my dad who had not seen me in several years, and my dr. both told me within 1 months time.. the same exact wording even though they do not know each other.. "you look almost like a teenager, you look so young" I am 37 years old. I am not complaining. But I do not get taken seriously by anyone really.

I heard that's common for people on the spectrum. For women, it's a good thing. (Sorry, I know that doesn't help.)

I am 22 and people think I am a teenager.

Well, you *are* only a couple of years reverse time away from being one...

My age has been guessed as being between 14 and 19 (lower and upper guesses). I'm 16.5 (birthday is May 28th) at the moment, so they're somewhat accurate. That I have middling length hair which I straighten, and hate facial hair (I always shave it off whenever I can feel it...) possible has something to do with it - I'm quite Bishie.

However, my friend, who also has Aspergers, pretty much finished puberty a year or two back (he's just a bit younger than me by a few months). He could quite easily pass as being in his 20's.

It'll be quite good if I remain static when it comes to ageing once I reach my 20's - I want to push out my lifespan to the limit (not afraid to die, but I want to explore the solar system and command a starship...), and ideally not show my age when I'm 100 years old...

Looking younger than your age seems to be a common AS trait. It maybe disconcerting for a young person, but is welcomed for those of us that are a bit older.