A Swedish study "found that autistic adults died an average of 16 years younger than the general population" and that "autistic people with no learning disabilities are nine times more likely to take their own lives than the general public" (suicide was the second most common cause of death behind heart disease).

I feel like I'll do well to survive into my 70s and beyond. If I don't end up taking my own life, I think it'll either be heart-related, cancer, or as a result of alcoholism.