Never had a meltdown

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I don't think I've ever had a meltdown. Not since I was a kid, but I think that might just have been a tantrum.
I definitely experience sensory overload, but I don't outwardly react in any way, except becoming very tired and just needing some relaxing time by myself.

Is this normal for a person with asperger's/autism?

Some people 'shutdown' instead of meltdown. Your way of experiencing overload might count as a shutdown.

I think personally think it's hard as adults to differentiate between tantrums and possible meltdowns from the past.

A lot of people don't meltdown as adults as they have found strategies to avoid it.

I personally don't have meltdowns but possibly have a lower frustration threshold than is normal.

Consider yourself lucky.

I relate to the latter. I've always had a bit of a temper and get annoyed at what other people might define as small things. I never completely lose it though. I think I had more of a temper as a kid though, which might have been what occasionally resulted in a tantrum. But as you said, it's hard to distinguish between tantrum and meltdown in kids. It might have been meltdowns I experienced. I just remember my parents shoving me against the wall whenever it happened. I see now, how that was obviously not an ok way for them to have dealt with it. I guess they didn't know any better.

It is related to your stress level. Some people are lucky enough to have relatively low stress childhoods. I think this was more common in the old days if you were smart enough to do well in school to basically be left alone to figure stuff out for yourself. These days you are diagnosed and pushed into training designed to make you more "normal."

I've read that females are more prone to shutdowns and males to meltdowns, though what truth there is in that I don't know. I generally shutdown - it's been years since I've had a meltdown.

I've had maybe five or six in my lifetime. But they stand out all the more for being so rare. They were all kind of perfect storms.

Yeah I don't have meltdowns, or shutdowns. No more than a regular NT, heck probably less.
I can get irritated by certain things, but I'm learning that people don't care so I've become quite indifferent and keep things to myself. If I believe in something I work towards goals that will actually affect real change, and reach out to people that are open to change; such as writing books.

I've never had a meltdown. I watch videos on youtube of people arguing or fighting and they're more crazy than I am. I think everybody has a point they will snap at. I know neurotypical people who are more sensitive to things than I am.

I am the same in this regard. I frequently threw tantrums as a child but as an adult the worst thing I do is shut down completely.

It's not uncommon. I get shutdowns in different degrees over information or emotional overdose. Thankfully significant shutdowns are rare for me, but I get smaller ones more frequently.

I don't think I ever had a meltdown. I had tantrums as a kid, and from what I've heard about meltdowns they are easy to tell from tantrums. Apparently meltdown means an actual lack of control where even if removed from the situation, they can't just snap out of it. Tantrums apparently are over as soon as the kid is removed from whatever situation that made them tantrum. I had some tantrums and always calmed down the moment I wasn't forced to do what I was made to do. A Although my reaction was genuine, I had control over it, it was all about not wanting to do some specific things. (Skiing in one case, not wanting to wait in the cart on another occasion).