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   Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2023 11:05:40 JST Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣

   When you're #Autistic you do look younger.

   I voted earlier today. We have two, one for Barangay (Town) and one for Sanguniang Kabataan (SK or Youth Council).

   The election rep handling the ballots asked for my ID because he had to confirm my age.

   * SK (Youth Council) is open for 15 to 30 years old voters.

   I look like I'm in my late 20s.

   While he did not ask me for my age, better to confirm it with an ID to avoid election fraud, when people ask me, I used to say, "I stopped counting at 30" (now it's 28). It's half-joke, the other half is the truth, people do mistake me to be in my late 20s.

   Many #ActuallyAutistics, for some reason, look half their actual age once we enter adulthood. I'm not aware of any scientific explanation regarding this, but it has been observed.

   For me, this was not the first time. I was always mistaken to be underage (under 18) until I hit 25-27. It was always funny whenever I was with friends or colleagues because they all reacted. 🤣

   It was a 5–10-year gap. Now it's a 20+ year gap. Maybe one day, there will be a 30-year gap with my actual age.

   How about you? What's your experience?

   #Autism #AutismSpectrum #Age @actuallyautistic @actuallyautistics @autistics

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     Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2023 11:19:57 JST Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣

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     @bike I started to notice this too. Still in early 40s, I pluck the hairs LOL.

     I've always wanted to colour my hair blue, so I guess, the time is coming sooner. Which will probably make me look younger more. 😅

     You haven't tried dieing your hair? I have no experience with it yet, so not sure how easy, or not, it is.

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     bike (bike@regenerate.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2023 11:19:58 JST bike

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     @youronlyone @actuallyautistic @actuallyautistics @autistics

     I don't have to deal with this any more because my hair has been rapidly turning grey.

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     Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2023 11:23:32 JST Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣

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     @MariaTheMartian Ooh! Thank you for sharing. I'll read up on it. Interesting. I'm in my early 40s too and mistaken for late 20s.

     If I cut my hair, like army cut, people start to mistake me to be in my early 20s or late teens. 😅 It's why I'm keeping my hair long, because the public treats late teens and early 20s differently for some reason. (I'm fine with late 20s, haha.)

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     Maria The Martian :ablobglitch: (mariathemartian@kitty.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2023 11:23:33 JST Maria The Martian :ablobglitch:

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     @youronlyone@c.im @actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe @actuallyautistics@a.gup.pe @autistics@chirp.social I have read a study that attributes the youthful look of our autistic faces to Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and the connective tissues in our faces. We simply have less wrinkles. Of course, not all autistic people have Ehlers-Danlos but many of my friends do. We look young. I am 44 and look like I'm in my late 20's, early 30's, I've been told many times. :ms_neurodiversity:

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     Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2023 21:23:51 JST Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣

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     Yep! I was told that too about plucking it out (and I'm from the Philippines). I'm not sure if that was the reason. T_T

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     bike (bike@regenerate.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2023 21:23:53 JST bike

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     Oh, but I never tried plucking it, either. I excitedly told someone about my first grey hair, and they said "don't pluck it! Kill one, and a dozen go to its funeral"

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     bike (bike@regenerate.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2023 21:23:54 JST bike

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     My hair is beyond plucking. It was at plucking 20 years ago. I think I went grey early but the pandemic is accelerating it. I looked it up, autoimmune stuff turns your hair gray. So it could be my hypothyroid or it could be a stealth long covid symptom. But my mother always dyed her hair to hide the grey and I swore I wasn't going to worry about it. I've already gotten complimented on my "highlights" (the grey) and been confused!

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     Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2023 21:29:58 JST Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣

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     @bike

     Ooh. I didn't know it's good for the hair. Thank you for sharing that!

     I absolutely have no idea with hair dyes (and fashion for that matter), I'm more into writing and programming ^_^;; So it greatly helps.

     @actuallyautistic @actuallyautistics @autistics

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     bike (bike@regenerate.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2023 21:29:59 JST bike

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     If I were going to dye it, I'd probably use henna. I like henna colors and it's good for your hair. No idea how dying works with grey hair, though!

     P.S. I like it when people have colorful hair, like blue!