Do older people who have aspergers stim as often?

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Yes, I do. It's not as noticeable as when I was younger. When I was younger I rocked allot and put my fingers in my mouth. I have always shimmed by staring at objects or people. If someone is wearing lets say a bracelet. I tend to stare at it to the point I don't know what the person has talked about. At my part-time job at Walmart when I'm not busy I stare at the natural light from the sky windows and also the other lights. I like to look at them, it helps me relax.

Actually, I stim more than I did when I was younger. My sensory issues have also gotten somewhat more debilitating over that last 4-5 years.

I did stim as a child, but the "stereotypical" stims, eg. hand flapping, rocking, etc. emerged when I hit my yearly teens. I'm wondering if this was sort of my body's compensation for not having a meltdown because my meltdowns decreased significantly around this time too.

Yes, I do. It's not as noticeable as when I was younger. When I was younger I rocked allot and put my fingers in my mouth. I have always shimmed by staring at objects or people. If someone is wearing lets say a bracelet. I tend to stare at it to the point I don't know what the person has talked about. At my part-time job at Walmart when I'm not busy I stare at the natural light from the sky windows and also the other lights. I like to look at them, it helps me relax.

My stims have changed but they are still there.

I have recently taken to tossing and spinning a coin all day when I am at work.

I think that counts as stimming.

I stim about the same as always, but no rocking when other people are around. Once at work though, I rocked back and forth during a webex when I thought my camera was off. One of my workmates on the call asked me about it, and I lied and told him my chair broke during the call and was wobbly. I guess he bought that because it was never mentioned again.

But, yes, in general, stimming about the same as I always have.

I used to think that I never stimmed. Then I remembered in my childhood how I would bite my arm frequently. I don't do it anymore. *shrug

About the same. The difference is I am not ashamed of it now.

From my personal experience it's worse. Keep in mind I didn't even know what stimming meant until mid last year. But yes, I tap my fingers like I'm drumming to the point where it becomes annoying for other people, but for me it's therapeutic. Last night I done something so odd, but I was told I was doing it for so long - like 2 hours non stop. I folded a note of money into an envelope shape and kept dropping 3 coins in it, then tipping the coins into my hand and putting them back. I was doing it repetitively for about 2 hours without a single break *shrugs* ¯\(°_o)/¯

I do all sorts of crazy stuff but it's defiantly gotten much worse now. Either that, or I'm just becoming more aware I am doing where before I wasn't.