It seems an odd question but it's one that crops up with alarming regularity on autism forums with older members. It's also a loaded question because the literal answer is clearly, "No, there is no charge in the level of autism in us as we age. The subjective answer however is quite different. Image by Cheryl Holt from Pixabay What does it mean? When we ask whether we become more autistic, what we're really trying to ask is whether our autistic traits become more pronounced over time. It's an interesting question. The visibility of our autistic traits waxes and wanes throughout our lives based on personal and environmental circumstances. To answer this, we need to take a look at how autistic traits manifest in different age groups. Babies When we start out in life, the expectations on us are fairly simple. We are expected to sleep, cry and drink milk. Any differences that we may have will usually have little effect on our ability to deliver in th...