Cognitive changes are common when people age, but what happens with aging if one has a psychiatric disorder like autism, that is, what if one already has cognitive deficits? Will everything deteriorate faster, or do efficient compensatory mechanisms develop? At present, it is unknown what happens when people with autism age (Rapin and Tuchman 2008; Seltzer et al. 2004; Volkmar et al. 2004). Autism