Do you think your habits get MORE or LESS autistic with age?

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Sure, we all adapt our behaviours to better survive in an NT world - becoming externally, more NT as it were.

But I'm pretty sure that's compensated for by an increase in the concessions I make to my AS sensibilities.
So my sensory-compensation habits become MORE AS with age.

There are things I do for my general (and sensory) comfort now, that I never did when I was younger (but now wish I had).

Its just that our cognitive abilities take over improve the way we related to other people. Also, in my case, my hearing isn't what it used to be do audible stimuli is not nearly as annoying as it used to be.

Outwardly? I guess in the ways people care about, mostly more, because there's more overload to handle. But in some other ways, less stereotypically so, because my social awareness, communication skills, etc., have improved a good deal. (But some people don't care if your communication skills improve tenfold -- if you used to speak with less communicative content and now type with more communicative content, that's somehow "worse".)

I think that I get a little better over the years. In the past I was "over friendly".
The strange thing was that I couldn't see it in myself but did notice how odd it was when practiced by others. I then learned to modify the way I behaved.

My worst trait was constantly repeating myself, another obvious fault that I could not see in me.

I am definitely a lot better at communicating and socializing now than when I was a child.
I was selectively mute during my early school years and didn't really talk to anyone my own age.
Now I am always able to talk to some degree and just selectively conversational.
My interests were also much more restricted. The stimming has changed a lot in form but not in intensity.
I am beginning to wonder if "pdd-nos, residual autism" might describe my place on the spectrum best.

i think this is a hard topic to address because your brain doesn't stop developing until well into your 20s... therefore imho... it's hard to really say though i'm sure many aspects fluctuate and it also depends on how much you immerse yourself in particular situations.... for example... i had to TA bio courses for a few years and though it was painful and i got some brutally insightful comments on my behavior... i AM better at speaking in front of people and dealing with more people at a time, generally speaking. though i still find my inclinations/reactions to things and my emotions seem to be the hardest to control or calculate in situations.